LINCOLNSHIRE PROFICIENCY TEST COMMITTEE

Registered charity 514370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINCOLNSHIRE PROFICIENCY TESTS COMMITTEE, LPTC

The object of LPTC shall be advancement of education and training by means of collaboration with City & Guilds Land Based Services in the administration and provision of certificates of competence in practical agriculture, horticulture and forestry.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY MEANS OF COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL PROFICIENCY TESTS COUNCIL IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROVISION OF PROFICIENCY TESTS IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

Area of benefit: LINCOLNSHIRE

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 the charity reported a net deficit of £1,631.90 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £89,690.15. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going-concern basis, indicating no immediate financial risks to the charity's continuation.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW BAXTER
• CHRISTOPHER WRAY · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARK LEGGOTT
• Mark Ireland
• Neil Rowbottom
• Richard Hammond
• STUART GEOFFREY SUDDABY
• Simon Gadd · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRAL ENGLAND PROFICIENCY TESTING LIMITED.

• CENTRAL ENGLAND PROFICIENCY TESTING LIMITED income £155k
• LINCOLN GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION income £263k
• LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS' CLUBS income £140k
• LINCOLNSHIRE TRAVELLER INITIATIVE income £112k
• LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.7m
• LANCASHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION LIMITED income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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