The Lord Mayor's Appeal

Analysis

The Lord Mayor's Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08140664). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Lord Mayor's Appeal reported income of £3.0m and spending of £2.7m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £3.0m (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Lord Mayor's Appeal sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sharrow Community Forum Limited (£3.0m), Rye Health and Care (£3.0m) and The Foundation for Liver Research (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 54% and donations and legacies 46%. Charitable activities took 46% of spending and raising funds 52%. Grants to other organisations totalled £785k. Reserves of £784k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.