THE LYTHAM INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1186995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has maintained and managed the Lytham Institute building and has ongoing arrangements with several community groups. Activity has been limited following the library operator ceasing its activities from the building. Lytham Heritage Group and the Civic Society occupy rented space on the first floor of the premises.

Objects

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF LYTHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR OTHER OPINIONS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, INCLUDING CULTURAL AND ART EXHIBITIONS, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: LYTHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 the charity's total funds carried forward are zero, with net assets fully offset by current creditors. The charity relies on Fylde Borough Council as its sole funder, excluding room hire income, and reports no net income for the year.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• FYLDE BOROUGH COUNCIL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malcolm Slee
• Padraig Kelly
• Paul Andrew Carr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen John Rigby

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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