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LUPUS UK

Registered charity 1200671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC055189 (OSCR)

The Charity is established to support those with lupus, regardless of class, colour, creed, gender, age or sexual orientation, and to advance the education of the public in all aspects of the disease.

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Latest income
£943k
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £942,757 against total expenditure of £1,067,648, resulting in a net deficit of £19,073 for the year. Total charity reserves stood at £2,175,753, with unrestricted funds of £2,165,283 held to support financial sustainability and programme impact.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations & legacies (51% of income)
“Donations & legacies (51%) £477,808”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one year of core operating costs (held: £2.2m)
“the aim is to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to one year of core operating costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LUPUS UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£943k
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£44k
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~24.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£943k£1.1m
31/12/2024£1.9m£1.1m
31/12/2023£0£0

Common questions

Is LUPUS UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £942,757 against total expenditure of £1,067,648, resulting in a net deficit of £19,073 for the year. Total charity reserves stood at £2,175,753, with unrestricted funds of £2,165,283 held to support financial sustainability and programme impact. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP.

Who funds LUPUS UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LUPUS UK as a grant recipient include THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE INMAN CHARITY, PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2024£130k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£18k
THE INMAN CHARITYFY2023£7kMedical - Research
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2022£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
CHRISTOS LAZARI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kFunding research projects into innovative treatments, improving diagnoses and providing support to people with lupus.
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2024£2k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2025£2k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kMedical
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
THE RAINFORD TRUSTFY2024£1kWelfare
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2022£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KINGSBURY: ST ANDREWFY2024£162Charity of the Month / Missionary & charitable giving

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
BREAKTHROUGH FOUNDATION1£2.0m
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION1£872k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£419k
BUPA FOUNDATION1£210k
THE MICHAEL COWAN FOUNDATION1£150k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£100k
THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATION1£50k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Psoriasis UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LUPUS UK£943k——unclear—no doubt
Psoriasis UK FY2025£629kmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
The UK Myeloma Society FY2025£190k—0above—no doubt
GOFUNDME.ORG.UK FY2025£227k—0above—no doubt
Behcet's UK FY2025£219k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY FY2025£5.4m—0above0.0%no doubt

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