Lunch Positive

Analysis

Lunch Positive is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in July 2010, 16 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 provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Lunch Positive reported income of £188k and spending of £145k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £104k to £188k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lunch Positive sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Matrix Neurological (£188k), Dorchester Community Church (£188k) and CVW Community Volunteers Wales (£188k).