THE LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1013025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAITHFULL FOUNDATION, LFF · also registered in Scotland as SC039888 (OSCR)

LFF provides a unique set of services which enhance community protection against child sexual abuse. Our preventative work includes awareness raising and education. Our specialist staff assess risk, advise on case management and provide evidence based intervention programmes. LFF is the only UK-wide child protection charity dedicated solely to reducing the risk of children being sexually abused.

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Latest income

£5.2m

Latest spending

£4.6m

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £157,336 for the year, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of £1,260,689, which provides 3.36 months of expenditure cover. This figure sits within the trustees' stated policy target range of three to six months of total expenditure. The charity reports that its financial resources are sufficient to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In 2025, one employee earned between £80,000 and £90,000 and three employees earned between £60,000 and £70,000” — page 86

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 4

“In 2025, one employee earned between £80,000 and £90,000 and three employees earned between £60,000 and £70,000” — page 86

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 4.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The investment in raising funds is still relatively low at 4% of our grants and donations income excluding gifts in kind that totals £3,754,889 (2024: 4% of £3,064,810).” — page 71

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from trustee Martin Kersey.

“A donation was received from trustee Martin Kersey for £250.” — page 92

“In the prior year we paid Mills & Reeve LLP for legal work costing £4,227 and we received a donation from Mills and Reeve LLP of £500. These are deemed to be related party transactions as Jill Mason, one of our trustees, is a partner of the firm.” — page 92

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Legal fees paid to Mills & Reeve LLP (trustee Jill Mason is a partner) and donation received from the firm.

“A donation was received from trustee Martin Kersey for £250.” — page 92

“In the prior year we paid Mills & Reeve LLP for legal work costing £4,227 and we received a donation from Mills and Reeve LLP of £500. These are deemed to be related party transactions as Jill Mason, one of our trustees, is a partner of the firm.” — page 92

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payments to NOTA (trustee Lynn Saunders is Chair of training committee; Director Stuart Allardyce is Chair).

“A donation was received from trustee Martin Kersey for £250.” — page 92

“In the prior year we paid Mills & Reeve LLP for legal work costing £4,227 and we received a donation from Mills and Reeve LLP of £500. These are deemed to be related party transactions as Jill Mason, one of our trustees, is a partner of the firm.” — page 92

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Lucy Faithfull Foundation Trading Limited

“Lucy Faithfull Foundation Trading Limited: Company No: 3540721 England Dormant Ordinary £1 100%” — page 87

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025).
Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (FY2024) → 4 (FY2025).
Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£5.2m

Total spending

£4.6m

Cost of raising funds

£139k

Reserves (reported)

£1.3m

Employees

89

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JANE LEACHchair
DAVID AIDEN LUNDHOLM
Dr FREDERICK LANGFORD
Dr LYNN CAROLINE SAUNDERS MA CQSW
Dr MICHAEL ROBERT MARETT-CROSBY
JILL MASON
JOHN O'BRIEN CBE
MARTIN KERSEY · trustee of 1 other charity
PAUL WEST · trustee of 2 other charities
PROFFESSOR ALEC SPENCER BA HONS MA

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£5.2m	£4.6m
31/03/2024	£4.8m	£4.5m
31/03/2023	£4.5m	£4.0m
31/03/2022	£3.7m	£3.5m
31/03/2021	£3.0m	£3.0m

Common questions

Is THE LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £157,336 for the year, resulting in free unrestricted reserves of £1,260,689, which provides 3.36 months of expenditure cover. This figure sits within the trustees' stated policy target range of three to six months of total expenditure. The charity reports that its financial resources are sufficient to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 4 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE INDIGO TRUST, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE KPMG FOUNDATION, THE DAWES TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£330k	Towards new posts of Director of Research and Impact and a Data Analyst.
THE INDIGO TRUST	FY2023	£315k	Core unrestricted funding.
THE INDIGO TRUST	FY2024	£145k	Additional unrestricted funding.
THE INDIGO TRUST	FY2025	£140k	Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£120k	Towards core costs of advocacy for the prevention of child sexual abuse
THE KPMG FOUNDATION	FY2022	£100k
THE KPMG FOUNDATION	FY2023	£100k	tackling harmful sexual behaviour in schools
THE DAWES TRUST	FY2024	£87k
THE ASHLA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£80k
THE INDIGO TRUST	FY2022	£50k	Core unrestricted funding
THE DAWES TRUST	FY2025	£50k
THE INDIGO TRUST	FY2022	£50k	Core unrestricted funding.
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2025	£30k	Core funding (Anna de Pulford valedictory grant)
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£30k
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£25k	Youth
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£25k	Youth
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£25k
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£25k	Youth
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£25k	Unrestricted grant to prevent child sexual abuse
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k	Lyric Hammersmith
THE KPMG FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k	one-off payments made to support our charity partners through the challenging economic climate
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	FY2024	£2k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2019	£217k	HMPPS - Lucy Faithful Foundation - Stop it Now
UK government	01/04/2018	£217k	National Helpline for Prevention of Sexual Offending
UK government	—	£217k	Stop It Now!

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
COUTTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3.1m
The Leathersellers' Foundation	1	£200k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£30k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£25k
ROSA FUND	1	£25k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAFE Foundation.

SAFE Foundation income £268k
SERVICE SIX income £1.7m
TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES income £3.1m
THE BIRCHALL TRUST income £891k
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES income £600k
RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (NORTH WALES) income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION	£5.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	4	within	4.0%	no doubt
SAFE Foundation FY2026	£268k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SERVICE SIX FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES FY2025	£3.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BIRCHALL TRUST FY2025	£891k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES FY2025	£600k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.