LINCOLN PELICAN TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 703143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PELICAN TRUST LIMITED

The principle activity of the Charity is vocational training in the fields of manufacture of timber products,printing, sign-making, packaging,joinery, assembly and developing office/business administration skills.

Objects

(I) TO RELIEVE AND REHABILITATE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PSYCHIATRIC OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'TRAINEES') BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND FACILITIES FOR WORK SO THAT THEY MAY IMPROVE THEMSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; AND (II) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH TRAINEES.

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.

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Registered contact address: Lincoln, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£409k
Latest spending
£379k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £29,719 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £409,090 and total expenditure of £379,371. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are £120,163, which is below the stated policy target of £400,000, though total funds including designated reserves stand at £468,105.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £400,000 (reserves figure: £120k)
“Our reserves have slightly increased, and we continue to maintain our target of £400,000. This value has been calculated to allow us twelve months for the closure of the Trust if this were ever required”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £172,284 — grants £172,284 (3); 42% of the £409,090 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £188,135 — grants £188,135 (2); 49% of the £382,886 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £151,351 — grants £151,351 (6); 43% of the £348,466 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£409k£379k
31/03/2024£383k£377k
31/03/2023£348k£329k
31/03/2022£316k£294k
31/03/2021£324k£279k

Common questions

Is LINCOLN PELICAN TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £29,719 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £409,090 and total expenditure of £379,371. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are £120,163, which is below the stated policy target of £400,000, though total funds including designated reserves stand at £468,105. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LINCOLN PELICAN TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LINCOLN PELICAN TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE LOWER GREEN FOUNDATION, BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/04/2025£100kCreating Opportunities for People to Progress

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINCOLN GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LINCOLN PELICAN TRUST LIMITED£409k—0unclear—no doubt
LINCOLN GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION FY2025£74k——above—no doubt
THE LINCOLN DIOCESAN TRUST AND BOARD OF FINANCE LTD FY2025£11.1m——below—no doubt
THE LINCOLNSFIELDS CENTRE LTD FY2025£534k—0unclear—no doubt
LINDLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—1below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LINCOLN ST SWITHIN FY2025£268k—0below—no doubt

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