THE CHRISTY LAMBE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1207947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT IS TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE MAKING OF GRANTS FOR THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND/OR SICKNESS OF (I) THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS; AND/OR (II) SUCH OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, SICKNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, POOR SKILLS ATTAINMENT OR SUCH OTHER ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£117k
Latest spending
£67k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £49,890 at the end of the financial year, which is below its stated policy target of three to six months of operating expenditure. The charity reported total income of £116,618 and total expenditure of £66,728, resulting in a net movement in funds of £49,890.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income)
“Income from: Donations - 13,133 Charitable activities - 103,485 Total Income - 116,618”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months operating expenditure (reserves figure: £50k)
“It has established a reserves policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (that is those funds that are freely available) should ideally be three to six months operating expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from related company
“During the year the charity received a donation of £10,000 from M Lambe Construction Limited, a company related to the charity. The donations have no conditions attached.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 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.

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 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Its only annual return with a recorded received date was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 07/11/2025, 7 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£117k£67k

Common questions

Is THE CHRISTY LAMBE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £49,890 at the end of the financial year, which is below its stated policy target of three to six months of operating expenditure. The charity reported total income of £116,618 and total expenditure of £66,728, resulting in a net movement in funds of £49,890. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST1£128k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH WORLDWIDE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHRISTY LAMBE FOUNDATION£117k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH WORLDWIDE FY2024£281k—0above—no doubt
GAMLEARN FY2024£310k—0unclear—no doubt
CONGREGATION OF ST MARY OF THE ANGELS FY2025£262k——above—no doubt
LIMOGES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£69k—0within—no doubt
BNJC FY2025£4.1m£100,000-£140,0001unclear—no doubt

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