Common questions about Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales a good charity? +
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales scores 93 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales as a registered charity (charity number 327114). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=327114&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's charity number? +
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's charity number is 327114. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's charity rating? +
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales scores 93 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 0% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales. Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 9 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales receive? +
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales reported £30m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-07-28). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales based? +
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's registered contact address is in London (N1 9RL). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on poverty relief.
How much is Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 9 employees paid more than £60,000, including 3 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's money come from? +
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales reported £30m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £28m (94%), investments £1.6m (5%), other income £124k (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales? +
The register does not record Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's trustees paid? +
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales: Lloyds Tsb Foundation for England and Wales.
When was Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales registered as a charity? +
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales was entered on the register on 13 May 1986. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01971242).
How does CharityCompare score Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.