The Henry and Elizabeth Lineham Fund

Analysis

The Henry and Elizabeth Lineham Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Henry and Elizabeth Lineham Fund reported income of £101k and spending of £54k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £58k to £101k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Henry and Elizabeth Lineham Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kings Church Swansea (£101k), Hyndburn Food Pantry (£101k) and Hca Hope Fund UK (£101k).