Robert Luff Foundation Limited

Analysis

Robert Luff Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in August 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00891749). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Robert Luff Foundation Limited reported income of £823k and spending of £1.9m, spending 232% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £683k to £823k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 230% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Robert Luff Foundation Limited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include On Course Foundation (£821k), The Dash Charity (£824k) and Slough Council for Voluntary Service (£821k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.

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.