Lincoln Record Society

Analysis

Lincoln Record Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in January 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Lincoln Record Society reported income of £79k and spending of £185k, spending 235% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £79k (-95%), an average of -54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lincoln Record Society sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Henry Plumb Foundation (£79k), Little Explorers @ Pavilion (£79k) and Our Lady of the Wayside Pre-School (£79k).

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.