LACTATION CONSULTANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 1187793 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCGB

LCGB works to protect and support breastfeeding, in order to improve the health and wellbeing of families across the country through advocacy and by providing expert breastfeeding care. Founded in 1994 to serve as a professional voice for breastfeeding, LCGB also provides advanced education and training for infant feeding specialists.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1)TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH INCREASING SKILLED AND EXPERT BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT TO AND FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES.2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE PERSONS CONCERNED WITH CARE OF CHILDREN, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BREASTFEEDING (AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE), BOTH IN THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM, AND TO PROMOTE A HIGH STANDARD OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BREASTFEEDING, EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE AND LACTATION INCLUDING SPECIALISED CARE.

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 generated a net income of £2,038 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £66,384 and total expenditure of £64,346. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £116,093, which is considered sufficient to meet the charity's stated reserves policy target of £35,000 to £45,000.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Jane Brownliechair
• Heidi Ann Reiner Nowalany
• Helen Victoria Smith
• Holly Elizabeth Lathbury-Wilson
• Karen Williams
• Kaya Margaret Edith Thorpe
• Philip Anthony Smith
• Robyn Leah Nalty
• Victoria Mary Crawshay Kidd
• Zurina Binti Ali

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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