The Lynn Foundation

Analysis

The Lynn Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in October 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Lynn Foundation reported income of £179k and spending of £639k, spending 358% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £202k to £179k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 168% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Lynn Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asfordby Football Club Limited (£178k), Kentish Town Improvement Fund (£179k) and The Black Mountain Centre (£178k).

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.