THE LUNCH CLUB

Registered charity 1203102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Lunch Club is a charity that aims to tackle food poverty and social isolation in Streatham, South London by offering a healthy nutritious cooked meal service and welcoming social space for vulnerable people in the local area.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN STREATHAM, SOUTH LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS MEALS IN A WELCOMING AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO FEED THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £66,621, representing a net income increase of £14,577 for the year. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains positive cash reserves of £68,012.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elsie Griffin
• Josh Hearne
• Sophie Taylor
• Vanessa Vasani
• Yianny Ioannou

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DUTCH POT LUNCH AND SOCIAL CLUB.

• DUTCH POT LUNCH AND SOCIAL CLUB income £71k
• EAT CLUB income £156k
• LUNCH POSITIVE income £188k
• LUNCH ON THE RUN LIMITED income £221k
• THE LUNCHBOWL NETWORK LIMITED income £249k
• THE POSH CLUB income £321k

Side by side with its peers

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