THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1123272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants and donations to charities and individuals for general charitable purposes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves stood at £7,636,099, representing a net increase of £1,450,066 for the year. The Trustees consider reserves adequate to generate sufficient investment income to continue charitable giving, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining sufficient reserves to generate income in future periods to distribute (held: £7.6m)

“The Trustees’ policy is to distribute the Foundation’s incoming resources by way of grants and donations together with grants and donations from reserves if it deems the related grant or donation will furtherance the objectives of the Foundation whilst maintaining sufficient reserves to generate income in future periods to distribute.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by F, W. Smith, Riches & Co.. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£1.5m

Cost of raising funds

£5k

Reserves (reported)

£7.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~59.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD LOCKWOODchair
Dr REBECCA KATHERINE LOCKWOOD
LESLEY ANN LOCKWOOD

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£2.8m	£1.5m
05/04/2024	£446k	£365k
05/04/2023	£514k	£182k
05/04/2022	£363k	£239k
05/04/2021	£303k	£137k

Common questions

Is THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves stood at £7,636,099, representing a net increase of £1,450,066 for the year. The Trustees consider reserves adequate to generate sufficient investment income to continue charitable giving, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by F, W. Smith, Riches & Co..

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 HENDON FAMILIES SYNAGOGUE LIMITED	1	£929k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST income £205k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST income £212k
THE LOCKER FOUNDATION income £535k
LYNWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £2.3m
SELLATA LIMITED income £158k
THE SINCLAIR CHARITY income £654k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£2.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LOCKER FOUNDATION FY2025	£535k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LYNWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
SELLATA LIMITED FY2026	£158k	—	above	—	no doubt

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