Leeds Christmas Charity Lunch

Analysis

Leeds Christmas Charity Lunch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Leeds Christmas Charity Lunch reported income of £336k and spending of £325k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £375k to £336k (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Leeds Christmas Charity Lunch sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sexual Abuse & Rape Advice Centre (Burton & District) (£336k), Rina Charitable Trust (£336k) and Barefoot College International UK (£336k).