The Lewis Foundation

Analysis

The Lewis Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Lewis Foundation reported income of £424k and spending of £467k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £168k to £424k (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Lewis Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Taylor Made Dreams (£423k), Owen McVeigh Foundation (£426k) and Children's Alliance (£423k).

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.