LOLLIPOP (YORK & DISTRICT)

Registered charity 1105538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lollipop provides regular free activities for families of children & young people with any degree of hearing loss. Through such activities families have the opportunity to meet & build friendships with others, with whom they share their experience of deafness. Activities also encourage members to realise their true potential & in doing so build confidence, raise self esteem & develop self identity

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Latest income
£121k
Latest spending
£96k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is good, with income exceeding expenditure for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £55,692, maintained to cover potential redundancy costs if funding ceases. The charity notes that its main Lottery grant funding is due to end in March 2026, prompting plans to diversify income streams.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient level of reserves to enable payment of redundancies should the charity wind up due to insufficient continuation funding (held: £56k)
The current policy, agreed by the Trustees in 2022, is to maintain sufficient level of reserves to enable payment of redundancies should the charity wind up due to insufficient continuation funding. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lollipop (York & District) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£121k£96k
31/03/2024£120k£84k
31/03/2023£42k£81k
31/03/2022£39k£81k
31/03/2021£102k£107k

Common questions

Is LOLLIPOP (YORK & DISTRICT) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is good, with income exceeding expenditure for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £55,692, maintained to cover potential redundancy costs if funding ceases. The charity notes that its main Lottery grant funding is due to end in March 2026, prompting plans to diversify income streams. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2022£285kRaising aspirations for d/Deaf children and communities
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2011£196kTop Of the Lollipops

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LOLLIPOP FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOLLIPOP (YORK & DISTRICT)£121kunclearno doubt
THE LOLLIPOP FOUNDATION FY2025£133k0unclearno doubt
THE LLOYD PARK CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025£4.4m£60,001 - £70,0004unclearno doubt
J.L.O. (1984) LIMITED FY2025£202kUnder £60,0000unclearno doubt
THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION UK FY2024£1.5m£80,001 - £90,0001unclearno doubt
SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO) FY2025£2.3m0unclearno doubt

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