2025-08-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/09/2024 To 31/08/2025

Charity name: Lincolnshire Community Assistance Team (L-CAT)

Charity registration number: 1162496

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To preserve and protect human life and property
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Providing support to emergency services, local authorities, emergency planning teams. Supporting the communities within Lincolnshire to save and preserve life within an emergency.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Trustees have read the guidance issued by Charity Commission.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Deployed multiple times to support blue light services across Lincolnshire, the support provided has had a positive impact during situations where support has been needed. Our working relationship with blue light services and local LRF has grown, in turn, the charity has made progress. This is shown by an increase in the requests for help across the county.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	At the end of the accounting period, the charity held £10,042.20. The charity is financially stable. We have seen a reduction in our overheads inclusive of key overheads such as insurance. As a charity, we continue to remain fully voluntary with nobody taking money out of the charity.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	No reserves held.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	N/A
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	We are a small charity with very low overheads, therefore reserves are currently not required.
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	N/A

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements	Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements	where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Trustees vote to appoint. We also run background checks and ensure the person is suitable for the role.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Lincolnshire Community Assistance Team (L-CAT)
Other name the charity uses	L-CAT
Registered charity number	1162496
Charity’s principal address	7 James Court, Louth, LN11 0JY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Damon Brumpton	Chair	N/A
	Jennifer Ferrett	Trustee	N/A
	Paul Jackman	Trustee	N/A

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name N/A

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

Other optional information

N/A

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date	D Brumpton	J Ferrett
	Damon Brumpton	Jennifer Ferrett
	Chair	Trustee
	19/06/2026
	19/06/2026

Income	This Year	Last Year
Gift Aided Membership	£200	£200
Membership	£0	£80
DBS	£0	£20
Donations	£427.70	£998
Lottery	£203	£234
Total	£830.70	£1532.00

Expenditure	This Year	Last Year
Insurance	£1809.06	£1809.06
Broadnet + Phone	£646.89	£546.95
First Aid/ Training	£744	£744
Room Hire	£115.29	£120
Payments	£0	£27.90
Stationary	£0	£59.35
Equipment	£0	£922.56
Total	£3315.24	£4228.82

	This Year	Last Year
Surplus/ Defecit	-£2484.54	£2530.27
Year End Total	£10,042.20	£12,540.65

Accounts prepared by: Margaret Hardy Accounts reviewed by: Damon Brumpton