LIFTING LIMITS

Registered charity 1187603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIFTING LIMITS CIC

Lifting Limits challenges gender stereotyping and promotes gender equality, in and through education. We do this by working with schools and educators to provide the training and resources they need to make visible, for challenge and discussion, gender stereotyping which may exist in the school environment and to equip their pupils to challenge gender stereotyping wherever they may encounter it.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) SUPPORTING SCHOOLS TO RECOGNISE AND CHALLENGE GENDER STEREOTYPING IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT;(B) SUPPORTING SCHOOLS TO EQUIP THEIR PUPILS TO IDENTIFY AND CHALLENGE GENDER STEREOTYPING AND INEQUALITIES;(C) SUPPORTING SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY THROUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES;(D) THE ELIMINATION OF BIAS OR DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX OR GENDER;(E) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(F) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(G) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(H) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Latest income

£160k

Latest spending

£174k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £14,581 for the year, resulting in a negative unrestricted fund balance of £4,009. The trustees note that the charity is being wound up following a merger with The Children’s Society, with assets transferred in the post-year-end period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (91% of income)

“Income in the period relating to grants and donations totalled £159,513, with the majority being from Restricted Fund grants designated for specific areas of our work totalling £145,680.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between 3 to 6 months core operating costs (held: £166k)

“Lifting Limit's Reserves Policy (adopted by trustees in March 2022) provides for the Charity to hold in reserve a sum equivalent to between 3 to 6 months core operating costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“These financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the charity will be wound up after the yearend, after transfering its assets to The Children's Society” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2023

Volunteers: 1

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

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Register events

Transferred assets to another charity (28/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£160k	£174k
31/01/2024	£201k	£130k
31/01/2023	£179k	£169k
31/01/2022	£107k	£56k
31/01/2021	£73k	£24k

Common questions

Is LIFTING LIMITS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £14,581 for the year, resulting in a negative unrestricted fund balance of £4,009. The trustees note that the charity is being wound up following a merger with The Children’s Society, with assets transferred in the post-year-end period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIFTING LIMITS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIFTING LIMITS as a grant recipient include PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£31k	Funding for position of head of education
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k	Funding for position of head of education

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CLYDPRIDE LIMITED	1	£40k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£39k
EA FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE MILLENNIUM TRUST	1	£25k
TZEDOKOH VECHESED LIMITED	1	£23k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£20k
THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION	1	£10k
JOHNNIE JOHNSON TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOMEN LEADERS UK.

WOMEN LEADERS UK income £80k
MAKE LIFE KIND TRUST income £46k
GLOBAL GIRL PROJECT income £155k
LADYBRIDGE SPORTS AND LEISURE LIMITED income £219k
TAKE HER LEAD income £183k
SIDE BY SIDE (CHILDREN) LIMITED income £5.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LIFTING LIMITS	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
WOMEN LEADERS UK FY2025	£80k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MAKE LIFE KIND TRUST FY2025	£46k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
GLOBAL GIRL PROJECT FY2025	£155k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
LADYBRIDGE SPORTS AND LEISURE LIMITED FY2025	£219k	£27,699 - £28,819	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TAKE HER LEAD FY2025	£183k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.