lumos foundation

The charity supports children and young people. Lumos Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in London and operates in England, Colombia, and various other locations.

This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Lumos works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children by facilitating the end of institutional care for good. It does this in two ways:At a policy level to accelerate and improve the quality of reform in health, education and social protection servicesAt a practical level working with providers of children's services to demonstrate the value of family-based care

Fundraising

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Region

England

Country

Colombia Moldova Ukraine Kenya United States

Financial Information

Latest Income

£5,748,174

Latest Expenditure

£6,471,685

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 95.9%

% of income going directly to charitable activities

Overall Efficiency 85.2%

% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)

Administrative Ratio 16.5%

Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £2,842,077

Charitable Activities £14,322

Other Trading £21,733

Investments £54,601

Other Income £2,815,441

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £5,513,697

Raising Funds £957,988

Governance £110,008

Grants to Institutions £0

Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial Year	Income	Expenditure	Charitable Spending	Net Assets	Reserves	Staff
2024	£5,748,174	£6,471,685	£5,513,697	£5,608,798	£2,700,000	49 / 0
2023	£7,887,821	£4,963,793	£3,385,297	£6,312,690	£2,463,063	54 / 0
2022	£7,149,879	£7,410,770	£5,961,173	£3,548,624	£2,791,615	71 / 0
2021	£4,944,068	£8,181,234	£6,605,665	£3,606,091	£2,948,889	118 / 0
2020	£5,518,210	£9,925,743	£8,139,211	£6,730,844	£5,349,341	142 / 0