LODGE HILL TRUST

Registered charity 1071041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LODGE HILL TRUST LIMITED

Lodge Hill is a short stay residential / activity centre. The aim and purpose of Lodge Hill is to ensure that young people from a variety of backgrounds and with a range of needs enjoy the educational benefits and physical challenges available at the Centre.

Objects

(1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE (PRIMARILY THOSE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX) BY HELPING THEM SO TO DEVELOP THEIR MENTAL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED AND (2) THE PROVISIONS OF FACILITIES FOR THE FURTHER EDUCATION OF ADULTS (PRIMARILY THOSE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX).

Area of benefit: WEST SUSSEX

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £785,226 for the year, resulting in a deficit in its general unrestricted funds. However, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by significant designated reserves and a recent land sale.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annamarie Tapponnier
• Anthony James William Lawman
• David John Adams
• Louise Mary Gisbey
• MATTHEW BARRY WYKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Gisbey
• Rowan Lara Westwood

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLLY LODGE CENTRE.

• HOLLY LODGE CENTRE income £152k
• SOLIHULL LODGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £110k
• HAZEL HILL TRUST income £82k
• THE LODGE TRUST CIO income £2.4m
• WHITE LODGE CENTRE income £3.3m
• PARK LODGE PROJECT income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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