Lyme Disease UK

Analysis

Lyme Disease UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Lyme Disease UK reported income of £61k and spending of £75k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £24k to £61k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 91%. 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, Lyme Disease UK sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children's Chronic Arthritis Association (£61k), Hope Christian Centre (£61k) and Kibblesworth Village Millennium Centre (£61k).