THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1149184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Charity are to hold the Trust Fund and its income upon trust and to apply them for all purposes which are exclusively charitable under the laws of England and Wales from time to time by the making of grants to any individual, group, organisation or institution in the UK, Bermuda and worldwide, with a focus on helping young people and the severely disadvantaged in society.

Objects

ALL PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME.

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

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

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity held unrestricted net assets of £1,633,902 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year. The trustees report that sufficient reserves are held to support ongoing charitable activities and have concluded there are no material uncertainties regarding the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Louise Margaret Wellschair
• Derek Stapley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Emma Grimes
• Kate Parker
• Robert William Kennedy

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

Operates in: Bermuda · Philippines · United States

Income and spending

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST LANCASHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY.

• WEST LANCASHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY income £652k
• THE JAN AND CATHERINE NASMYTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• THE OAKGROVE FOUNDATION income £301k
• THE GREATER SHARE FOUNDATION income £1.5m
• THE LIVESEY FOUNDATION income £131k
• ANNESLEY (CLW) TRUST income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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