The Lockwood Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Lockwood Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Lockwood Charitable Foundation reported income of £2.8m and spending of £1.5m, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £303k to £2.8m (+828%), an average of +74% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 531%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Lockwood Charitable Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Candlelighters Trust (£2.8m), Penny Brohn Cancer Care (£2.8m) and Orison Charitable Trust (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73% and investments 27%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £7.6m would cover about 59 months of spending at that rate.