EUROPEAN LUNG FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1118930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The European Lung Foundation provides information on lung health and disease for patients the general public, business and the media.

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Latest income

£498k

Latest spending

£572k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £73,830 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £307,935 deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £234,199, with £233,914 freely available, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to 6-9 months of expenditure. The charity acknowledges major risks including potential loss of income from the European Respiratory Society and EU funding, but states that systems are in place to mitigate these exposures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6-9 months of expenditure (held: £234k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use are maintained at a limited level. Generally speaking, reserves are aimed to be kept at around 6-9 months of expenditure - such that they are of sufficient size to act as a buffer zone for any unforeseen costs to ensure the charity can continue its current activities in the forthcoming year.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — European Lung Foundation (ELF) (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£528k

Total spending

£730k

Reserves (reported)

£536k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dimitris Kontopidis
Judith Garcia Aymerich
Werner Bill

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Czech Republic · Denmark · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Ireland · Italy · Luxembourg · Netherlands

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£498k	£572k
31/03/2024	£380k	£688k
31/03/2023	£528k	£730k
31/03/2022	£523k	£527k
31/03/2021	£663k	£631k

Common questions

Is EUROPEAN LUNG FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £73,830 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £307,935 deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £234,199, with £233,914 freely available, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to 6-9 months of expenditure. The charity acknowledges major risks including potential loss of income from the European Respiratory Society and EU funding, but states that systems are in place to mitigate these exposures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

Who funds EUROPEAN LUNG FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EUROPEAN LUNG FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include CLEAN AIR FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CLEAN AIR FUND	FY2023	£87k

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
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	2	£20k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	2	£15k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£14k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	2	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Asthma and Lung UK.

Asthma and Lung UK income £16.1m
LUNG PRODUCTIONS CIO income £371k
NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG FOUNDATION income £765k
ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION income £5.2m
LONDON HEARTS income £5.4m
FOUNDATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS income £371k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EUROPEAN LUNG FOUNDATION	£498k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Asthma and Lung UK FY2025	£16.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LUNG PRODUCTIONS CIO FY2025	£371k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG FOUNDATION FY2025	£765k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION FY2024	£5.2m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
LONDON HEARTS FY2025	£5.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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