LIPOEDEMA UK

Registered charity 1181312 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIP UK

Our focus is to educate doctors, health professionals and the public about Lipoedema and its symptoms, so it may be diagnosed and treated earlier. We provide a range of information, support, carry out/facilitate and disseminate research. Our belief is that with earlier diagnosis and treatment women can prevent developing further complications and manage their Lipoedema.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LIPOEDEMA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CARE OF THOSE SUFFERING LIPOEDEMA.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted cash reserves were £14,057 at the end of the financial year, with total funds of £68,489. The trustees note that cash reserves are relatively small and are used to meet expenses rather than being invested for the long term. The charity reports being constrained by volunteer capacity and finances, but no material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern is disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lipoedema UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SHARON FETZERchair
• Kathryn Jennifer Forster · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kristina Jones · trustee of 2 other charities
• SUZANNE ELIZABETH EVANS BA, HONS
• Sara Louise Percival · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH LYMPHOLOGY SOCIETY.

• BRITISH LYMPHOLOGY SOCIETY income £270k
• LYMPHOEDEMA SUPPORT NETWORK income £375k
• HYPERLIPIDAEMIA EDUCATION & ATHEROSCLEROSIS RESEARCH TRUST UK income £1.9m
• ENDOMETRIOSIS UK income £1.5m
• Liver UK income £2.5m
• THE EHLERS-DANLOS SUPPORT UK income £435k

Side by side with its peers

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