THE LOUNGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1203682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity will provide grants to individuals and organisations in pursuance of its objects. Forindividuals, grants will be made subject to the applicant demonstrating a charitable need. Fororganisations, grants will be made to organisations which are registered charities or which qualify ascharities under the law of England and Wales.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £410,719, with no stated reserves policy target. The charity is heavily dependent on annual funding from Lounge Underwear Limited, which provided £272,603 in donations, and the trustees confirm no material uncertainties exist regarding 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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Taylor Marsdenchair
• Melanie Sian Marsden
• Ryan Southall

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE LOFTHOUSE FOUNDATION income £66.3m
• BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £5.3m
• S P LOHIA FOUNDATION income £1.5m
• THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k
• THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION income £956k
• FOUX FOUNDATION income £200k

Side by side with its peers

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