THE HOLLOW LANE CLUB

Registered charity 1186520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE HOLLOW LANE CLUB IS DEDICATED TO ENHANCING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES, BY PROVIDING FUN AND INVOLVING OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN AND THEIR SIBLINGS, AFTER SCHOOL, AT WEEKENDS AND IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, AT SEVERAL CENTRAL LOCATIONS.

Objects

A) TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR SIBLINGS DURING AFTER SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS IN THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net expenditure deficit of £93,994 for the 15-month period ending March 2026. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £35,045, which is below the stated policy target of £110,000, though the trustees remain satisfied that the charity is a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hollow Lane Club (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• National Lottery Community Fund — “We are grateful for the support of: National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amelia Robinson
• Andrew Nicholls
• Caitlin Short
• Katherine Elizabeth Nicholls
• Kevin Troy
• MATTHEW BYRNE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Louise Burroughs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Fitzpatrick
• Simon Keating

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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• HINCKLEY CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIMITED income £287k
• HARROW CLUB income £1.6m
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Side by side with its peers

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