THE LADYBIRD BOAT TRUST

Registered charity 1153894 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY,IN PARTICULAR TRIPS ON THE LADYBIRD BOAT AND OTHERS BOATS,IN THE INTERESTS OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH,AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY,POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS

Objects

PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY, IN PARTICULAR TRIPS ON THE LADYBIRD BOAT AND OTHER BOATS, IN THE INTERESTS OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has maintained significant income in excess of expenditure since 2013 due to stringent controls. It holds unrestricted cash funds of £26,252 and has reserve funds totaling £150,854. The trustees are satisfied with the financial position and operational standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lady Bird Boat Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Edward Leslie Nicolchair
• Andrew Paul Bish
• Anthony John Buckland
• Gary John Pyle
• Ian Hill
• Kathryn Margaret Dalrymple
• Richard Paul Birch
• Susan Richardson

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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