Lowther Charitable Settlement

Analysis

Lowther Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in March 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lowther Charitable Settlement reported income of £10k and spending of £12k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,442 to £10k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lowther Charitable Settlement sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teviot Action Group (£10k), The Ivor and Aeres Evans Charitable Trust (£10k) and Bakewell and District Friday Group (£10k).