The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The David Lewis Centre

Registered charity 1000392 Registered since 1990

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.5y median 3.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Amateur Sport 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 12Arts and leisure 4Finance 2

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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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£44.0m 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.

5.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 8.1 in 2021

1024 from 847 in 2021
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.
99%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.davidlewis.org.uk
Emailenquiries@davidlewis.org.uk
Phone01565640000
AddressDavid Lewis, Mill Lane, ALDERLEY EDGE, Cheshire, SK9 7UD

Finances

£44,028,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£30,222,000£26,041,000
2022£27,963,000£26,686,000
2023£30,818,000£31,634,000
2024£36,191,000£37,519,000
2025£44,028,000£42,322,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3.1 THE RELIEF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING EPILEPSY AND ASSOCIATED NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ("THE BENEFICIARIES") IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING:= TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION= EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES= MEDICAL OR CLINICAL TREATMENT= SOCIAL AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES3.2 THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY CONDUCTING OR SUPPORTING STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF THE BENEFICIARIES' DISABILITIES AND CONDITIONS AND PUBLISHING AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 SEPTEMBER 1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 4 FEBRUARY 1993, 1 MAY 1997, 12 NOVEMBER 2004 AND 17 APRIL 2009. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25 JANUARY 1999

Trustees (10)

10trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The David Lewis Centre · 02537501 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 06/09/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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