We Change Lives (WCL)

Registered charity 1003023 Registered since 1991

Operates: Bolton, Wigan, Lancashire, Halton, Warrington, Cheshire West & Chester

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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.

4 trustees on the board

8y median 9.5y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 4Disability 4

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

Health and social care 9Finance 3Education 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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£12.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2021

272 from 262 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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind Similar size; both Housing
Imagine Independence Similar size; both Housing
Avalon Group (Social Care) Similar size; both Housing
The Cordwainers Educational and Training Charitable Trust Company Similar size; both Housing
The Leprosy Mission International Similar size; both Housing
Retail Trust Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.wcliving.org.uk
Email	hello@wcliving.org.uk
Phone	01925246870
Address	Hazlewoods, Windsor House, Bayshill Road, CHELTENHAM, Gloucestershire, GL50 3AT

Finances

£12,042,713 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£6,037,070	£6,380,655
2022	£5,696,787	£5,504,279
2023	£5,917,557	£6,195,335
2024	£9,495,084	£9,396,468
2025	£12,042,713	£11,762,525

What it does

What

DisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF OLDER PEOPLE FROM THE DISABILITIES RESULTING FROM OLD AGE, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL PROBLEMS BY THE PROVISION OF PERMANENT HOMES AND SERVICES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS (HEREINAFTER CALLED SERVICE USERS). PROVIDED THAT IN FURTHERING THIS OBJECT THE CHARITY WILL SEEK TO ENABLE SERVICE USERS TO LEAD AN INDEPENDENT AND FULFILLING LIFESTYLE BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS AND TO ENJOY THE SAME RANGE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO ALL VALUED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 MARCH 1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 NOVEMBER 1996 as amended on 24 Jan 2022 as amended on 30 May 2022 as amended on 06 Oct 2022 as amended on 28 Nov 2022 as amended on 19 Jul 2023

Trustees (4)

4trustees

67median age

1aged 70+

Richard Goreage band 55-59 Chair since 2015
Christopher Cardwell Howarth since 2018
Janice Lorraine Wycherleyage band 60-64 since 2014
Martin Schwallerage band 70-74 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

WE Change Lives (WCL) · 02595601 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/03/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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