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Registered charity · Lowestoft

Topcats

Topcats is a registered charity (number 1109307) based in Lowestoft, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Stewart Battrick since 2016. Latest income £563k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Lowestoft Playscheme (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £563k (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Suffolk
Website
www.topcats.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£563k£603k
  • 2024£531k£530k
  • 2023£471k£444k
Earlier years
  • 2022£417k£381k
  • 2021£370k£283k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 6% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AGED 5 -18 YEARS WITHIN THE WAVENEY AREA BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF A PLAYSCHEME AND SATURDAY CLUB.

Grants received

39 grants · £373,284 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

5.7y median 4.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£563k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.3 in 2021

36 from 42 in 2024
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
7%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1109307
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 NOVEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED 10 MARCH 2005, 10 AUGUST 2009 AND 26 NOVEMBER 2009. as amended on 06 Dec 2018
Contact on the register
01502531897 · annemarie@topcats.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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