LCI - UK LIMITED

Registered charity 1139606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LCI-UK is a charitable membership organisation supporting research into and dissemination of lean construction principles and best practice with a view to improving public sector construction. Our aim is to provide those commissioning and delivering public works with the information necessary to make informed purchasing and delivery decisions for the public benefit.

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RESEARCH INTO LEAN CONSTRUCTIONPRINCIPLES AND BEST PRACTICE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTSTHEREOF.'LEAN CONSTRUCTION' MEANS ALL DESIGNING, BUILDING, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCEACTIVITIES OVER THE LIFE OF A CONSTRUCTED FACILITY.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£317k
Latest spending
£132k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £204,942, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £90,000 (three months' operating costs). The charity reported a net income increase to £185,610, driven largely by a £312,000 donation from its trading subsidiary, while total charitable expenditure was £131,700.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £205k)
“Based on this assessment, the charity aims to maintain reserves broadly equivalent to 3 three months’ operating costs - currently estimated at circa £90,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£317k£132k
31/03/2024£27k£9k
31/03/2023£6k£8k
31/03/2022£7k£6k
31/03/2021£9k£15k

Common questions

Is LCI - UK LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £204,942, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £90,000 (three months' operating costs). The charity reported a net income increase to £185,610, driven largely by a £312,000 donation from its trading subsidiary, while total charitable expenditure was £131,700. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION1£500k
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£183k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£140k
THE MARQUE FOUNDATION1£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LCI MD 105 FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LCI - UK LIMITED£317k—0unclear—no doubt
LCI MD 105 FOUNDATION FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£159k—0below—no doubt
UKGBC FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt
ENGLISH UK LIMITED FY2025£1.5m——within—no doubt
LIFT UK FY2024£181k—0above—no doubt

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