LUNCH ON THE RUN LIMITED

Registered charity 1080900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LUNCH ON THE RUN

To provide training and work experience for the benefit of persons who have a learning disability and autism that require support, education, or training and to provide for their advancement.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dudley, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£221k

Latest spending

£212k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £8,550 for the year, increasing total funds to £154,052. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves are £129,000, which they note equates to 8 months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity operates as a social business, generating approximately 70% of its income through catering services and the remainder through grants and training fees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 6 and 12 months unrestricted expenditure (held: £129k)

“The Charity would tike to maintain unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets, which are the free reserves of the Charity at a level which equates to between 6 and 12 months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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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

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £6,610 — grants £6,610 (1); 3% of the £208,752 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lunch on the Run (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER JOHNchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Carly Michelle Dawson
Jayne Waltho · trustee of 1 other charity
Kerry Brown
NICHOLAS WEBB
Nathaniel Sheridan
Sarah Louise Alliband

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£221k	£212k
31/03/2024	£163k	£199k
31/03/2023	£209k	£204k
31/03/2022	£181k	£162k
31/03/2021	£161k	£145k

Common questions

Is LUNCH ON THE RUN LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £8,550 for the year, increasing total funds to £154,052. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves are £129,000, which they note equates to 8 months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity operates as a social business, generating approximately 70% of its income through catering services and the remainder through grants and training fees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LUNCH ON THE RUN LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LUNCH ON THE RUN LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£11k
THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£5k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	FY2025	£4k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£4k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Education and Training
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	Unverified read£3k	The advancement of health or saving of lives
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Relief of those in Need by reason of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or other Disadvantage
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2025	£1k	Community Inclusion and Engagement
THE W E DUNN TRUST	FY2025	£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2026	£500	Care of the Elderly and Physically/Mentally Handicapped

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/02/2025	£19k	'Skill Me Up'
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/02/2007	£276k	Castle and Priory Community Cafe

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 WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£80k
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£39k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	2	£20k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	2	£17k
DOLPHIN SOCIETY	1	£78k
THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	1	£41k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REACH LEARNING DISABILITY.

REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
Autism Unlimited Limited income £15.6m
TRANSFORM TRAINING LTD income £170k
EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED income £20.9m
LEARNING DISABILITY ENGLAND income £381k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LUNCH ON THE RUN LIMITED	£221k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
REACH LEARNING DISABILITY FY2025	£3.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
Learning Disability Network London Limited FY2025	£22.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Autism Unlimited Limited FY2025	£15.6m	—	—	within	51.5%	no doubt
TRANSFORM TRAINING LTD FY2025	£170k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED FY2025	£20.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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