LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 500682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINCOLNSHIRE CONSTABULARY CHARITABLE FUND (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE WELFARE FUND), LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND, LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE WELFARE FUND

To give grants and where appropriate distress loans in accordance with our agreed fund objectives. The recipients will be individual members of the fund and their widows, widowers and dependants who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress and similary former employees of other Police Authorities or Committees who have retired on pension or grautity, their widows, widowers and dependants

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Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £231,490, with £9,778 classified as free reserves held to cover costs for approximately half a year. The trustees report falling revenue and membership, noting that the charity is dependent on investment income and donations to sustain its activities. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the financial statements accorded with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately half a year (held: £10k)
The remaining £9,778 is made up of net current assets, which can be realistically classed as free reserves and are held in order to cover the costs of the Charity for approximately half a year — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lincolnshire Police Charitable Fund (matched by registered charity number).

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£28k£32k
31/03/2024£27k£27k
31/03/2023£30k£47k
31/03/2022£24k£25k
31/03/2021£22k£20k

Common questions

Is LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £231,490, with £9,778 classified as free reserves held to cover costs for approximately half a year. The trustees report falling revenue and membership, noting that the charity is dependent on investment income and donations to sustain its activities. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the financial statements accorded with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.