Lucuna Foundation

Analysis

Lucuna Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lucuna Foundation reported income of £18k and spending of £33k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £18k (-9.8%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lucuna Foundation sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Thanksgiving House (£18k), Bethany (Isle of Wight) Trust (£18k) and Whitchurch Welfare Trust (£18k).

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.