MEMORY LANE CAFE IPSWICH

Registered charity 1176188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Memory Lane Cafe is a weekly meeting place for carers and cared for who are living with dementia. We also welcome those who have been bereaved by dementia. Based in Ipswich, Memory Lane Cafe is open from 11am - 3pm every Tuesday. Our mission is to provide opportunities for friendship, support, activities and a light lunch.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN IPSWICH WHO ARE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, INCLUDING CARERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BEREAVED BY DEMENTIA BY PROVIDING A MEETING PLACE FOR SAID PEOPLE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £2,654 to a year-end cash balance of £28,363. The charity reports total receipts of £37,374 against total payments of £34,720, resulting in a net surplus for the period. No restricted or endowment funds were held or transacted during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• DHL GBS Insurance and Risk Management, Ipswich, Suffolk — “DHL is proud to have supported Memory Lane Cafe and have done for over six years. Raising funds across all types of activities including cak…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINA VICKERSchair
• JULIE ANN YOUNG
• Janice Mary Bush
• Rachel Claire Barber
• Sandra Elizabeth Howard

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

Operates in: Suffolk

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