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LUMOS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1112575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN'S HIGH LEVEL GROUP, LUMOS

Latest income
£5.7m
Latest spending
£6.5m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £2.5m against a policy target of £1.4m to £2.8m, representing 3 to 6 months of operating expenses. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,001 - £130,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £76k)
“£120,001 - £130,000 1”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenses (held: £2.5m)
“Our target base level of free reserves is equivalent to approximately 3 to 6 months operating expenses, which is £1.4m to £2.8m.” — page 41
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2023 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lumos (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£5.7m
Total spending
£6.5m
Cost of raising funds
£958k
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
49

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Colombia · Kenya · Moldova · Throughout England · Ukraine · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£5.7m£6.5m
31/12/2023£7.9m£5.0m
31/12/2022£7.1m£7.4m
31/12/2021£4.9m£8.2m
31/12/2020£5.5m£9.9m

Common questions

Is LUMOS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £2.5m against a policy target of £1.4m to £2.8m, representing 3 to 6 months of operating expenses. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of LUMOS FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2023 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,001 - £130,000 band.

Who funds LUMOS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LUMOS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE FYRISH FOUNDATION, THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O., THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE FYRISH FOUNDATIONFY2023£314k
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O.FY2023£50k
THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£8k
THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KINGSLAND CHURCH COLCHESTER1£33k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£20k
RAYLEIGH BAPTIST CHURCH1£12k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS1£5k
THE SQUIRES FOUNDATION1£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AUGUSTINE'S WITH ST LUKE’S , BROMLEY COMMON1£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S WOODBRIDGE1£1k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION1£1k

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