LF Foundation

Analysis

LF Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06980686). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, LF Foundation reported income of £248k and spending of £250k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £225k to £248k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, LF Foundation 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 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maysec Ltd (£248k), House of Giving (£248k) and Bristol Vineyard (£248k).

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.