LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1000098 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preservation of buildings of historical and architectural interest and letting of property

Objects

1) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LYTHAM IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE WHATEVER OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND LYTHAM AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST, TOGETHER WITH ANY LAND PERTAINING THERETO, AND IN PARTICULAR THE LAND AND BUILDINGS KNOWN AS LYTHAM HALL. 2) TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES COMMUNITY CENTRES AND OTHER AMENITIES OF A SIMILAR CHARACTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY

Area of benefit: LYTHAM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£194k

Latest spending

£169k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £25,168 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees have adopted a revised reserves policy targeting between 12 and 36 months of average expenditure, with actual reserves at the year-end equating to 26 months. The charity holds total unrestricted funds of £1,835,799, comprising £1,285,799 in the general fund and £550,000 in designated funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 12 and 36 months of the average resources expended over the previous three years, excluding exceptional items (held: £1.8m)

“The directors have adopted a revised reserves policy whereby the unrestricted funds not set aside for designated purposes or invested in fixed assets, are between 12 and 36 months of the average resources expended over the previous three years, excluding exceptional items.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Rent of £1 payable by The Heritage Trust for the North West for Lytham Hall.

“Rent of £1 is payable by The Heritage Trust for the North West for Lytham Hall and Lytham Town Trust made no donations to Heritage Trust for the North West in the year (2024: £1). During the previous year the Trust paid Alexandra Evans, an elected director, £4,750 for website design and development.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

16 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (14 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

David Gill FCAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alexandra Evans
Andrew Michael Wolfe
DAMIAN FRANCIS CLARKE
Julian Howard Miles Hale
Michael Withers
ROBERT ANTHONY CHARLES SMITH
STANLEY CHRISTOPHER KITT
Susan Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Mary Cornah
William Rupert Timothy Hale

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£194k	£169k
31/12/2024	£340k	£119k
31/12/2023	£247k	£185k
31/12/2022	£139k	£61k
31/12/2021	£120k	£54k

Common questions

Is LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £25,168 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees have adopted a revised reserves policy targeting between 12 and 36 months of average expenditure, with actual reserves at the year-end equating to 26 months. The charity holds total unrestricted funds of £1,835,799, comprising £1,285,799 in the general fund and £550,000 in designated funds. 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 PILGRIM TRUST	1	£10k
THE PENCHANT FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST.

MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST income £159k
NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST income £1.1m
LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD income £116k
SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £981k
RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD income £2.2m
Country Houses Foundation income £850k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED	£194k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£159k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD FY2025	£116k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£981k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD FY2025	£2.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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