The Lanes Fund Raising Group

Analysis

The Lanes Fund Raising Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Lanes Fund Raising Group reported income of £22k and spending of £13k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,296 to £22k (+1599%), an average of +103% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 2814%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Lanes Fund Raising Group sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parents' Association of the Royal Grammar School Guildford (£22k), 34th Northampton Scout Group (£22k) and The Dr Carol Ann Yates Foundation (£22k).