LYTHAM ST ANNES CIVIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 243629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote & encourage in the Lytham St. Annes area by meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publications & promotions of a charitable nature:-+? A careful watch on the town's development-+? Focus public attention on the importance of enlightened town planning & imaginative design-+? Stimulate interest in & consideration of the preservation of features of historical interest & beauty in the town.

Objects

I) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING THE AREA OF BENEFIT II) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT III) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Area of benefit: LYTHAM ST ANNES

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£94k
Latest spending
£30k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £121,554 at the end of the financial year, resulting in a surplus of £63,813. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet the charity's obligations and continue its activities. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were disclosed in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Legacies and donations
“The Society has benefited from significant legacies and donations amounting to over £87,000” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£94k£30k
30/04/2024£7k£4k
30/04/2023£6k£10k
30/04/2022£7k£6k
30/04/2021£9k£4k

Common questions

Is LYTHAM ST ANNES CIVIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £121,554 at the end of the financial year, resulting in a surplus of £63,813. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to meet the charity's obligations and continue its activities. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/11/2001£3k"This group intends to produce a book on the listed buildings in Lytham St. Annes with photographs taken in 2000 to show their conditon in th"