The Lady R Foundation

Analysis

The Lady R Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lady R Foundation reported income of £19k and spending of £33k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11 to £19k (+172727%), an average of +545% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 114018%. Over the whole period it spent 234% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Lady R Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Matthew Ludlam Foundation (£19k), Hanley Swan Village Memorial Hall (£19k) and The Didham Charitable Trust (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.