LUCILLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1179736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Lucille Foundation is an independent grant-making charitable trust. We fund organisations in the developing world and the UK that promote community empowerment and fight poverty and environmental degradation. The Lucille Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £81,981 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £1,064,841. The trustees consider these free reserves to be adequate but not excessive in light of their policy to maintain sufficient funds for charitable objects. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER ALFRED CHARLES DE CARVALHO
• CHARLENE LUCILLE DE CARVALHO HEINEKEN
• CHARLES ANDREW GEORGE DE CARVHALO
• LOUISA LUCILLE HENRIETTA BRASSEY

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · Liberia · Madagascar · Throughout England · Uganda

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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