THE LYNN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 326944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation makes grants across Sussex supporting many different charitable aims. We are looking to make unrestricted, multi year grants of up to £50,000 per annum that will make a significant difference to a charity. Applications are by invitation only.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£217k

Latest spending

£312k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £81,084 to £7,496,776 due to grant expenditure exceeding income and investment gains. The trustees report no concerns regarding reserves, noting the charity has no fixed costs and averages monthly income of circa £17,000. The foundation is actively spending down its capital over a ten-year period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

IAN DENNIS FAIR
JOHN FORSTER EMMOTT
JOHN SYKES
Philip Parsons

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£217k	£312k
31/03/2024	£217k	£312k
31/03/2023	£208k	£247k
31/03/2022	£202k	£206k
31/03/2021	£241k	£158k

Common questions

Is THE LYNN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £81,084 to £7,496,776 due to grant expenditure exceeding income and investment gains. The trustees report no concerns regarding reserves, noting the charity has no fixed costs and averages monthly income of circa £17,000. The foundation is actively spending down its capital over a ten-year period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 HENDON FAMILIES SYNAGOGUE LIMITED	1	£929k
THE AMATEURS TRUST	1	£115k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION income £956k
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £5.3m
LYNWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £2.3m
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST income £284k
THE ROSELINE FOUNDATION income £1.3m
Rothesay Foundation income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LYNN FOUNDATION	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION FY2024	£956k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.3m	Over £60,000	1	unclear	5.3%	no doubt
LYNWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£284k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ROSELINE FOUNDATION FY2023	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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