LINCOLNSHIRE HOUSE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 700717 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRST BRICK APPEAL, THE WISH APPEAL

Lincolnshire House is a registered charity based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, providing residential, day and respite care services for adults with Cerebral Palsy and Similar Disabilities.We provide high quality residential accommodation for 35 residents with day and 2 respite care facilities for people who have some form of Cerebral Palsy.

Objects

THE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY CONNECTED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL, RESPITE, ACTIVITY AND ACCOMMODATION NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH SOME FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY OR SIMILAR DISABILITY. TO PROVIDE CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY OR SIMILAR DISABILITY AND IN PARTICULAR, WITHOUT LIMITATION TO FORMULATE FINANCIAL AND GENERAL POLICY, MANAGE AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE LINCOLNSHIRE HOUSE AT SCUNTHORPE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE")

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £3,198,578, which sits just above its stated policy target range of £2,089,228 to £3,133,842 (representing 12-18 months of running costs). The charity reported a net income surplus for the year and confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RNS Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02262217

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.

• HUMPHRIES, Janet — director, appointed 14/05/2025on trustee list
• JERVIS, Sam Ian — director, appointed 13/11/2023on trustee list
• CHEFFINGS, Andrew — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
• CROWTHER, Irene Victoria — director, appointed 10/02/2014on trustee list
• EYNOTT, Robert Charles — director, appointed 20/02/2012on trustee list
• EYNOTT, Susan Kathleen — director, appointed 16/07/2007on trustee list
• CHEFFINGS, Andrew — secretary, appointed 06/12/2024

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Lincolnshire House Association — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 26/11/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Lincolnshire House Association: Good (22/02/2020) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Cheffings
• GILLIAN ANN SMITH
• IRENE VICTORIA CROWTHER
• Janet HUMPHRIES
• ROBERT CHARLES EYNOTT
• SUSAN KATHLEEN EYNOTT
• Sam Ian Jervis

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

Operates in: North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO.

• LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO income £5.6m
• LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.7m
• CITIZENS ADVICE LINCOLNSHIRE income £314k
• LINCOLNSHIRE RAPE CRISIS income £1.3m
• LINCOLNSHIRE CENTRE FOR GRIEF AND LOSS income £124k
• LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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