BRITISH LYMPHOLOGY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1185148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is the preservation and protection of good health among people in the UK living with lymphoedema/chronic oedema - in particular by advancing education and knowledge in the field of lymphology and related subjects.

Objects

The object of the CIO is the preservation and protection of good health among people in the United Kingdom living with lymphoedema/chronic oedema in particular by: (1) advancing education and knowledge in the field of lymphoedema and related subjects; (2) fostering interest in and co-ordinating strategies for influencing and supporting improvement in management and research related to chronic oedema, particularly lymphoedema; (3) holding a register of specialist centres in the United Kingdom and Ireland; (4) improving the knowledge, expertise and skills of all health care professionals.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £222,653 in income and incurred £195,520 in expenditure, resulting in a net incoming resource of £27,133 for the year. The trustees report that the reserves policy target of twelve months' expenditure was achieved throughout the financial year, with total unrestricted funds carried forward at £293,636. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or the charity's compliance with regulatory requirements.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The British Lymphology Society (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Yolande Grace Borthwickchair
• Alexis Turner
• Karen Lee Doyle
• Katherine Riches
• Lorraine Brown
• Nicole Faccio
• Peter Hooper-Smith
• Rachael Victoria Hutton
• Rebecca Hayley Elwell
• Tamara Kosevic

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · 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 THE EDWARD SHOWLER FOUNDATION.

• THE EDWARD SHOWLER FOUNDATION income £144k
• LIPOEDEMA UK income £118k
• LYMPHOEDEMA SUPPORT NETWORK income £375k
• LYMPHOMA ACTION income £2.9m
• THE INTERNATIONAL CML FOUNDATION income £267k
• THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE income £694k

Side by side with its peers

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