The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Lifearc

Registered charity 1015243 Registered since 1992

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Professional services 21Health and social care 5Other services 3

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£205.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

345 from 215 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.lifearc.org
Emailinfo@lifearc.org
Phone02073912777
AddressLYNTON HOUSE, 7-12 TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 9LT

Finances

£86,738,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£17,877,000£56,510,000
2022£22,879,000£60,302,000
2023£169,579,000£73,489,000
2024£205,043,000£95,934,000
2025£86,738,000£108,576,000

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH AND MEDICALRESEARCH IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING THE PROGRESS OF THE SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIESAND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARISING FROM RESEARCH INTO THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS,DRUGS, DIAGNOSTICS, OTHER TECHNOLOGIES OR INFORMATION RESOURCES.TO WORK WITH INDUSTRY, CHARITIES, UNIVERSITIES, THE HEALTH SERVICE AND OTHERRELEVANT BODIES AS WELL AS CONDUCTING ITS OWN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASNEEDED TO ACCELERATE THE PROGRESS OF THESE DISCOVERIES AND TECHNOLOGIES TOTHE STAGE AT WHICH THEY ARE (I) CAPABLE OF BEING MADE GENERALLY AVAILABLE TOTHE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE PUBLIC FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND/OR (II) ARE TRANSFERRED OR LICENSED TO A THIRD PARTYTO PROGRESS DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH DISCOVERIES OR TECHNOLOGIES TOWARDS SUCHGOALS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 MAR 1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 OCT 1992AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 DEC 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 JAN 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 MAR 2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12 JUN 2017 as amended on 16 Sep 2020

Trustees (12)

12trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Lifearc · 02698321 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/03/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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