THE LOFTHOUSE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1038728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOFTHOUSE FOUNDATION

The provision of amenities and facilities for the benefit of the public.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF FLEETWOOD AND THE FYLDE COAST (INCLUDING ALL TOWNS AND LOCATIONS CONTAINED WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY THE FY POSTAL CODE) AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH AMENITIES AND FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS ARE NOT PROVIDED FROM PUBLIC FUNDS.

Area of benefit: THE TOWN OF FLEETWOOD AND THE FYLDE COAST (INCLUDING ALL TOWNS AND LOCATIONS CONTAINED WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY THE FY POSTAL CODE).

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

Causes: Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wyre, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £121,822,602, which is significantly higher than the stated policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover unrestricted expenditure and respond to emergency grants. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £9,313,937 for the year, driven primarily by commercial trading activities, and the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: LOFTHOUSE OF FLEETWOOD LIMITED Companies House 00781277 · Financial health read from its filings

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR D C LOFTHOUSEchair
• Kieran Michael Ryan
• Linda Mary Lofthouse
• Martin Clive Brook

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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