Lakechance Limited

Analysis

Lakechance Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01828545). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lakechance Limited reported income of £281k and spending of £375k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £346k to £281k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 178%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lakechance Limited sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mint Methodist Church (£281k), Gorse Hill Baptist Church (£281k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wilton (£281k).