Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial

Analysis

Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07602666). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £983k to £1.7m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stafford and Cannock League of Hospital Friends (£1.7m), Together Charitable Foundation (£1.7m) and Association of Charitable Foundations (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 57%, charitable activities 28% and donations and legacies 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £71k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.