THE AARON LEWIS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1151539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of individual and collective well being and self improvement through access to recreation; in particular by the provision of sports/specialist equipment and/or facilities or projects to encourage participation in sport and other physical pursuits for healthy living and to support the rehabilitation of servicemen and women and ex-servicemen and women.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SPORTS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT TO:ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AS HEALTHY RECREATION; ANDENABLE THE REHABILITATION OF SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN AND EX-SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£49k
Latest spending
£39k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with £118,221 in available funds, resulting in an income surplus of £9,591. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient funding for more than 12 months and no liabilities. The policy is to hold no reserves above the average annual outgoings of £27,734.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (50% of income)
“50% of income being generated by donors rather than planned fundraising activities”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 12.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The cost of running fundraising events consumed 12% of overall income”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: no reserve is required above the value of the (current) average annual outgoings value of £27,734 (held: £118k)
“the policy remains that no reserve is required above the value of the (current) average annual outgoings value of £27,734.”
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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Aaron Lewis Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£49k£39k
31/03/2024£51k£26k
31/03/2023£36k£50k
31/03/2022£17k£18k
31/03/2021£12k£10k

Common questions

Is THE AARON LEWIS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with £118,221 in available funds, resulting in an income surplus of £9,591. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient funding for more than 12 months and no liabilities. The policy is to hold no reserves above the average annual outgoings of £27,734. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.