About us
LCP Foundation
Contributing to the wellbeing, prosperity, and health of the wider world is something that we take seriously. Through the LCP Foundation, we support charitable causes and local communities through matched funding and grants.
The LCP Foundation is one of our proudest achievements, allocating £300,000 in 2026/27 to a range of charitable causes that support our communities and the causes that are important to our people.
Established in 2019, the LCP Foundation gives us a formal framework to commit to supporting our local communities through matched funding and grants, all with the goal of promoting LCP as a force for social good.
We are committed to shaping a more positive future by supporting grassroots charities through grants that enhance education, provide access to basic needs, and open doors to employment, helping individuals build stronger foundations for success.
We actively engage with and support the communities that are local to our offices and the charitable causes that LCP colleagues hold dear. Our London, Winchester, Edinburgh and Cambridge Giving Back Networks seek to foster strong relationships with local and national charities. This allows us to achieve maximum impact for fundraising and volunteering, drawing on enthusiastic and widespread support from across the firm.
In numbers
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Total funding allocated for 2026/27
£300000allocated to a range of charitable causes -
Grants awarded
£72000to 12 charities, all nominated by our people -
Special winter grants
£15000given to support mental health, homelessness and community charities -
Matched fundraising for our people
£45730for a range of activities
How the LCP Foundation supports charities
Long-term partnerships
We know a commitment to longer-term continual support is extremely beneficial to charities which is why we’re delighted to continue to support our Giving Back Network charities: The Felix Project and Trinity Winchester, representing our London and Winchester offices.
In 2026 we also added The Red Hen Project and Hopscotch to our list of partner charities as representatives of our Cambridge and Edinburgh offices.
Employee-led grants
To ensure we support charities that are close to the heart of our people, we encourage annual nominations for charities to be considered for a grant.
Following an unprecedented number of employee nominations this year, the Foundation Committee selected 12 charities that align with our mission to shape a more positive future.
Each charity received a grant of £6,000, totalling £72,000 across these 12 organisations, supporting a wide range of causes that matter to colleagues across LCP.
Quick reaction grants
Designed to provide emergency relief or timely support, our quick reaction grants mean we can be agile in supporting UK charities in times of need. In recent years we have supported foodbanks, and charities that support refugees and those experiencing homelessness.
Recently, the Foundation pledged £5,000 to InCommon, a charity focused on connecting young people with their older neighbours in retirement homes to learn and build friendships, and a further £5,000 to the Refugee Council, who support and empower refugees and people seeking asylum in the UK.
Matched funding
We want to inspire individuals to fundraise for the charities they are passionate about and also support our Giving Back Network with the range of fundraising activities and events that they do. In the last partnership year, we supported 48 requests for matched fundraising from our people, across a huge range of activities from marathons to afternoon tea, donating more than £45,700 to different charities.
Some of our recent stories
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LCP Foundation Climb the Capital
LCP's Foundation committee took on the challenge to Climb the Capital. They took part in a 475‑meter charity stair‑climb challenge in London, involving three skyscrapers - The Cheesegrater, The Scalpel and The Walkie‑Talkie ... equivalent to about 180 normal house storeys!
They did this in aid of our London partner charity, The Felix Project who rescue food and get it to people who need it.
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Trinity's Big Sleep Out
Trinity provide support to homeless and vulnerable people across Winchester. Every year they host their ‘Big Sleep Out’, which sees volunteers sleep out under the stars to raise awareness for Trinity and the valuable work they do.
This year LCP supported with five people building their shelters and sleeping out. We also had several volunteers for the evening who sold raffle tickets, collected donations and hosted the LCP refreshment stall, selling hot drinks and sweet treats to fuel those sleeping out.
