LINCOLNSHIRE INTEGRATED VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE
Registered charity 1098364 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIVES
Provide immediate medical care to any person injured in a accident or involved in any medical emergency in the area of Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire or any area reasonably close to. Advance the principles of Pre-Hospital Emergency Care on a national basis;providing advice and guidance in all aspects of such care;including delivery of training and provision of approved emergency equipment.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £110,484 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,143,106. Although the trustees acknowledge that the charity is not compliant with its reserves policy target of £900,000, they confirm the organization has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: NHS contracts (67% of income)
“Income generated through provision of Emergency Response and Community Emergency Medicine services to NHS organisations accounts for 67.4% of all income” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.1m; policy: six months of non-commissioned service costs and a provision for covering the costs of winding up the charity if new income sources had not been found at that time)
“The charity does not yet hold the required reserves to be compliant with this policy.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management training/consultancy services purchased from a business controlled by a trustee.
“The charitable company purchased management training/consultancy services amounting to £585 (2024 - £5,115) from business under the control of Hilary Gibb who is a director and trustee of the charitable group.” — page 60
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: LIVES Education Limited
“In April 2022 LIVES Education Limited was formed as a wholly owned trading subsidiary of the charity.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- GOLLEDGE, Natalie — director, appointed 20/10/2025on trustee list
- HOBSON, Catherine — director, appointed 20/10/2025on trustee list
- TAYLOR, Sean — director, appointed 20/10/2025on trustee list
- STEEL, Kiki Carolyn Mary, Dr — director, appointed 12/10/2024on trustee list
- BROOKS, Andrew Gordon — director, appointed 12/08/2022on trustee list
- GIBB, Hilary — director, appointed 19/07/2020on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
CQC provider record: Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service — Registered, 3 registered locations, 4 regulated activities, last inspected 14/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£343k
Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- LIVES Headquarters: Good (25/09/2025) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (27/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (02/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Hilary Gibbchair
- Andrew Gordon Brooks
- Catherine Hobson
- Dr KIKI STEEL
- Natalie Golledge
- Sean Taylor
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lincolnshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LINCOLNSHIRE INTEGRATED VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £110,484 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,143,106. Although the trustees acknowledge that the charity is not compliant with its reserves policy target of £900,000, they confirm the organization has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited.
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