The David and Christopher Lewis Foundation

Analysis

The David and Christopher Lewis Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Andover. It was registered in October 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The David and Christopher Lewis Foundation reported income of £20k and spending of £750, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £20k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The David and Christopher Lewis Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Melbourne Gardens Charity Income Trust (£20k), Friends of the York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research (£20k) and The Nature Trust (Sandy) (£20k).