The Lindley Foundation

Analysis

The Lindley Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2013, 13 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 makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Lindley Foundation reported income of £52k and spending of £60k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £41k to £52k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 164% 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 Lindley Foundation sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kate Farrer Foundation (£52k), Reach Out to the Child S.a. (£52k) and Milford Village Hall Fund (£52k).

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.