LIPPY PEOPLE CIO

Registered charity 1162902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIPPY PEOPLE, THE LIPPY PEOPLE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LIPPY PEOPLE ORGANISATION

Activities include video storytelling and personal coaching.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£112k
Latest spending
£77k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £34,405 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £86,233. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets were £38,709, which is above the stated maximum reserve policy level of £35,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maximum reserve policy level of £35,000 or 6 months running costs (whichever is greater) (held: £39k)
“We currently have a maximum reserve policy level of £35,000 or 6 months running costs (whichever is greater) and aim to retain a minimum reserve of £10,000.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£112k£77k
31/03/2024£75k£68k
31/03/2023£45k£73k
31/03/2022£68k£79k
31/03/2021£93k£69k

Common questions

Is LIPPY PEOPLE CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £34,405 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £86,233. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets were £38,709, which is above the stated maximum reserve policy level of £35,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIPPY PEOPLE CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIPPY PEOPLE CIO as a grant recipient include IMAGINE FOUNDATION, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION, THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IMAGINE FOUNDATIONFY2023£21kUsing creativity to change the story
IMAGINE FOUNDATIONFY2021£13kUsing creativity to change the story
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10kCancer Care
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10kCancer Care
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kCare of Cancer Patients
IMAGINE FOUNDATIONFY2022£8kUsing creativity to change the story
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
IMAGINE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kUsing creativity to change the story
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2022£5kElderly
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2024£17kLife Loss Learning Legacy
Postcode Lottery29/10/2024£15kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery31/07/2023£17kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2023£149kLife Loss Learning Legacy
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2021£9kLife Loss Learning and Legacy videostorytelling project
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2015£10kFilm Stories Connecting Women Prisoner’s their families and community

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LOLLIPOP (YORK & DISTRICT).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIPPY PEOPLE CIO£112k—0unclear—no doubt
LOLLIPOP (YORK & DISTRICT) FY2025£121k——unclear—no doubt
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£227k—0unclear—no doubt
LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9m——within—no doubt

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