Lancaster Charity

Analysis

Lancaster Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lancaster Charity reported income of £304k and spending of £376k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £260k to £304k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Lancaster Charity sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aylesbury Homeless Action Group (£303k), William John Mills Cottages (£307k) and The Abbeyfield Whitehaven Society Limited (£301k).

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.