Robert Lucas for the Poor and for Public Purposes

Analysis

Robert Lucas for the Poor and for Public Purposes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Robert Lucas for the Poor and for Public Purposes reported income of £115k and spending of £109k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £124k to £115k (-7.8%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Robert Lucas for the Poor and for Public Purposes sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ark Community Church (£115k), Kiln Church Ledbury (£115k) and The Ark Church (Huddersfield) (£115k).