Lumos Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Lumos Foundation describes itself as not primarily a grant-making organisation, and the register shows £6,778 of grants to institutions in the year before its most recent one, with nothing in the latest.
- Its themes are care system reform, preventing family separation, family-based care and institutional care reform, so work closest to those themes is the clearest fit.
- Its stated focus is any part of the world, but its grants tend to go to countries where it has no permanent base or as sub-grants of funding it receives, and it issues them when it has identified an opportunity and funding exists.
- No application process is published on its website, so a short approach to the contact shown, explaining how your work matches these themes and your ability to deliver, is the sensible first step, since Lumos checks grantees' ability to deliver.
- Because grants depend on opportunities Lumos itself identifies, this seems relationship-led, so do not plan around it as a regular source of income.
Overview
Lumos Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1112575).
Lumos Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and its purpose is to realise every child's right to a family by transforming care systems around the world. It works with governments, national and local authorities, civil society organisations, service providers and front-line professionals, combining system reform with locally relevant services and technical expertise. Its work centres on care system reform, preventing family separation, family-based care and institutional care reform. It describes itself as not primarily a grant-making organisation, issuing grants only occasionally to further its charitable objects.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Lumos says it is not primarily a grant-making organisation and issues grants occasionally to further its charitable objects. Its work aims to transform care and protection systems so that children can grow up in safe and loving families, addressing the root causes of family separation and supporting the transition from harmful institutions to family-based care. It works with governments, national and local authorities, civil society organisations, service providers and front-line professionals, combining system reform with locally relevant services and technical expertise. Its grants are issued when an opportunity has been identified and funding exists; they tend to be in countries where Lumos has no permanent base or as sub-grants from funding it receives. Lumos carries out due diligence on grantees’ ability to deliver, with opportunities assessed by its Executive Team and approved by the chief executive and/or trustees.
Themes
- Care system reform
- Preventing family separation
- Family-based care
- Institutional care reform
Geographic Focus
Any Part Of The World.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Lumos undertakes due diligence on a grantee’s ability to deliver against the grant.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £5,518,210 | £9,925,743 | £706,009 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £4,944,068 | £8,181,234 | £1,122,030 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £7,149,879 | £7,410,770 | £570,922 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £7,887,821 | £4,963,793 | £6,778 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £5,748,174 | £6,471,685 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2020; year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
— No grants figure for that year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- wearelumos.org
- wearelumos.org/what-we-do · read on 23 October 2026
- wearelumos.org/partner-with-us · read on 23 October 2026
- wearelumos.org/what-we-do/our-approach · read on 23 October 2026
- wearelumos.org/about-us/contact · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2023)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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At a glance
Applying to Lumos Foundation?
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Contact
- + 0203 148 1087source
- fundraising@wearelumos.orgsource
- communications@wearelumos.orgsource
- 3-7 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0DAsource
- wearelumos.org
Applying to Lumos Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- + 0203 148 1087source
- fundraising@wearelumos.orgsource
- communications@wearelumos.orgsource
- 3-7 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0DAsource
- wearelumos.org