THE FIELD LANE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 207493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIELD LANE

Field Lane supports highly vulnerable people to live as independently as possible; people with learning and other disabilities, families in crisis through homelessness and older people. Services of nursing care,domiciliary support and supported housing are available in London and the wider Southeast. Consultancy, back office and management support are offered for other charities in England.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£10.6m

Latest spending

£10.3m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £509,239 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves held at £4,822,325. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are equivalent to just over 5 months of operating costs, which is below the Foundation's stated policy target of 6 months or more. The Board confirms that the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainty identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £111,594 — below the median for charities its size (£130k)

“The emoluments receivable by the highest paid Senior Executive excluding pension contributions were: 111,594” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 5

“In addition to the highest paid senior executive there were two employees who received between £60,001 to £70,000 (2024 Nil) one employee between £70,001 and £80,000 (2024 Nil) and two employees (2024: one) who received between £80,000 and £90,000 in remuneration.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4.8m; policy: 6 months or more of unrestricted reserves)

“At the end of the year the foundation held unrestricted reserves of £4,822,325 (2024: £4,467,769) equivalent to just over 5 months of operating costs of the foundation. The Foundation aims to have 6 months or more of unrestricted reserves.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Pension scheme deficit: £43k

“The pension liability of £42,999 shown above for the year ended 31 March 2025 is comprised of pension contributions payable of £33,629 and the deficit contribution payable for the year ended 31 March 2025 of £9,370.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Field Lane Management Services Limited

“Field Lane comprises the Field Lane Foundation and one wholly owned subsidiary, Field Lane Management Services Limited.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £100,965 (FY2024) to £111,594 (FY2025).
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (FY2024) → 5 (FY2025).

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00098226

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Field Lane (matched by registered charity number).

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.

MAGUDIA, Mihir — director, appointed 16/02/2026on trustee list
MATTHEW, Funbi — director, appointed 16/02/2026on trustee list
CORBETT, Liam Aidan — director, appointed 16/02/2026on trustee list
PAPADOPOULOU, Konstantina — director, appointed 16/02/2026on trustee list
HALL, Kevin Michael — director, appointed 05/12/2023on trustee list
STEVENSON, Guy Matthew — director, appointed 05/12/2023on trustee list
MACKINNON, Iain — director, appointed 29/03/2022on trustee list
IPADEOLA, Mary — director, appointed 29/03/2022on trustee list
LOPOUKHINE, Alexandra — director, appointed 17/07/2018on trustee list
CALDERBANK, Peter Charles Edward — secretary, appointed 19/01/2015

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £3.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Field Lane Foundation(The) — Registered, 7 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 02/11/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£10.6m

Total spending

£10.3m

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£4.8m

Employees

247

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexandra Lopoukhine · trustee of 1 other charity
Funbi Matthew
Guy Stevenson · trustee of 1 other charity
Iain MacKinnon
Kevin Hall
Konstantina Papadopoulou
Liam Corbett
Mary Ipadeola
Mihir Magudia

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea · Kent · Southend-on-sea · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£10.6m	£10.3m
31/03/2024	£9.7m	£9.6m
31/03/2023	£8.3m	£8.3m
31/03/2022	£6.8m	£6.8m
31/03/2021	£6.8m	£6.8m

Common questions

Is THE FIELD LANE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £509,239 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves held at £4,822,325. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are equivalent to just over 5 months of operating costs, which is below the Foundation's stated policy target of 6 months or more. The Board confirms that the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainty identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE FIELD LANE FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £111,594 band, and 5 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE FIELD LANE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FIELD LANE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHARIS TRUST, THE KATHLEEN SMITH FOUNDATION, THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£30k	Care of People with Learning Disabilities
THE CHARIS TRUST	FY2023	£25k	supports highly vulnerable people
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE KATHLEEN SMITH FOUNDATION	FY2024	£16k
THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE	FY2023	£9k	Referral Related Funding
THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE	FY2025	£8k	Referral related funding
THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE	FY2024	£6k	Referral Related Grant Funding
THE CHARIS TRUST	FY2022	£5k	supports highly vulnerable people
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2023	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2022	£4k
ROSCA TRUST	FY2022	£4k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2024	£2k
FRIMLEY FUEL ALLOTMENTS CIO	FY2021	£2k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE	FY2022	£2k	Referral Funding
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
CRISIS UK	1	£500k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£103k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£44k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	1	£37k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£35k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Learning Disability Network London Limited.

Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
THE SPACE @ FIELD LANE GROUP income £202k
AVENUES LONDON income £19.3m
ST ANNE'S COMMUNITY SERVICES income £56.8m
STREETS OF LONDON income £482k
INDEPENDENT HOUSING UK LTD income £9.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FIELD LANE FOUNDATION	£10.6m	£111,594	5	below	—	no doubt
Learning Disability Network London Limited FY2025	£22.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SPACE @ FIELD LANE GROUP FY2025	£202k	Under £60,000	0	below	—	no doubt
AVENUES LONDON FY2025	£19.3m	£60 - £70k	1	below	—	no doubt
ST ANNE'S COMMUNITY SERVICES FY2025	£56.8m	£190,001 - £200,000	—	above	—	no doubt
STREETS OF LONDON FY2025	£482k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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