LYMPHOEDEMA SUPPORT NETWORK

Registered charity 1193800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LSN

The LSN is a national charity that provides information and support to people with lymphoedema. It runs a telephone/email helpline, produces newsletters, a wide range of fact sheets, social media accounts, You Tube channel and maintains an up-to-date website. It works to raise awareness of lymphoedema and campaigns for better national standards of care.

Objects

THE LSN IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LYMPHOEDEMA AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON THE SUBJECT OF LYMPHOEDEMA.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £169,900 to £321,655, reflecting a net income of £151,755 for the year. The charity maintains a robust reserves policy and has seen significant growth in its unrestricted funds, driven largely by legacy income. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lymphoedema Support Network (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brenda Ann Thomas
• David Samuel Farbey
• Federico Iaschi
• Helen Elizabeth Westropp
• Jack O'Neill
• Linda Elizabeth Patel
• Liz Cooley
• Louis Prades
• Maxine Skepple
• Susannah Caroline Fitzsimons

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH LYMPHOLOGY SOCIETY.

• BRITISH LYMPHOLOGY SOCIETY income £270k
• LIPOEDEMA UK income £118k
• LYMPHOMA ACTION income £2.9m
• KIDNEY CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK income £105k
• LONDON MUSLIM SUPPORT NETWORK income £247k
• EOS Network - Eosinophilic Diseases Charity income £204k

Side by side with its peers

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