The Lewis Pugh Foundation

Analysis

The Lewis Pugh Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lewis Pugh Foundation reported income of £235k and spending of £268k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £621k to £235k (-62%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Lewis Pugh Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ecoactive (£235k), City of Norwich Aviation Museum (£236k) and The Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust (£235k).

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.