Asthma and Lung UK

Registered charity 326730 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership, BLF, BREATHE EASY, BRITISH LUNG FOUNDATION · also registered in Scotland as SC038415 (OSCR)

Asthma and Lung UK exists to help people with lung disease. It achieves this by:1 - Funding vital research into understanding, treating and preventing lung disease.2 - Promoting greater understanding of lung disease and campaigning for positive change in the nation's lung health.3 - Offering services and support so no one has to face it alone.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £16.1 million while total expenditure decreased to £15.9 million, resulting in a small net deficit of £0.3 million. The charity holds £5.8 million in unrestricted free reserves, which sits above the trustees' recommended minimum target range of £4.4 million to £5.4 million. The trustees confirm the charity is financially viable and will remain a going concern for at least the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Strictly star Shirley Ballas has teamed up with charity Asthma and Lung UK hillingdontimes.co.uk · 11/05/2026

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Asthma + Lung UK (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (04/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tamara Ingramchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Cartellieri Karlsen
• Crystal Rolfe Wilde
• Dr James Matthew Duckers
• Dr Thomas Hodson
• John David Hannaford
• Michael O'Connor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor David Arthur Lomas
• Stephanie Vaughan
• Victor Cholij

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

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EUROPEAN LUNG FOUNDATION.

• EUROPEAN LUNG FOUNDATION income £498k
• NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG FOUNDATION income £765k
• THE BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY income £3.2m
• Liver UK income £2.5m
• HEART RESEARCH UK income £3.4m
• ROY CASTLE LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION income £5.2m

Side by side with its peers

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