The Lincoln's Inn Heritage Fund

Analysis

The Lincoln's Inn Heritage Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Lincoln's Inn Heritage Fund reported income of £73k and spending of £1,248, leaving 98% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £92k to £73k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 264% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Lincoln's Inn Heritage Fund sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manaton and East Dartmoor Theatre (£73k), The Northumberland Federation of Women's Institutes (£73k) and The Egham Museum Trust (£73k).