Lifeworks Charity Limited

Registered charity 1054167 Registered since 1996

Operates: Cornwall, Devon, Torbay

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Paul Clarkson Chair
Andrew Vaughan since 2024
Brian Harty since 2021
Helen Flint since 2025
Louisa Mackenzie since 2025
Maureen Alderson since 2023
Sarah Puleston since 2023

2.5y median 2.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Paul Clarkson Chair
Andrew Vaughan since 2024
Brian Harty since 2021
Helen Flint since 2025
Louisa Mackenzie since 2025
Maureen Alderson since 2023
Sarah Puleston since 2023

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 7Disability 7Education/training 7

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 7Public administration 2Arts and leisure 1

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£2.5m 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.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

48 from 96 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.

86%

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.

Also active in the same field

Scotts Project Trust Similar size; both Housing
Forward Housing Similar size; both Housing
Lancashire Mind Limited Similar size; both Housing
Bosence Farm Community Limited Similar size; both Housing
The Albert Kennedy Trust Similar size; both Housing
Lambeth Elfrida Rathbone Society Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.lifeworks-uk.org
Email	karendorow@lifeworks-uk.org
Phone	01803840744
Address	Lifeworks Charity, Lescaze Offices Room 33, Shinners Bridge, Dartington, TOTNES, Devon

Finances

£2,479,606 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,810,838	£2,783,256
2022	£3,112,565	£3,031,620
2023	£3,126,918	£3,353,687
2024	£3,494,837	£3,851,203
2025	£2,479,606	£2,084,882

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housingRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARING DIFFICULTIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/03/1996AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/02/2013 as amended on 20 Sep 2017

Trustees (7)

7trustees

61median age

0aged 70+

Paul Clarksonage band 65-69 Chair
Andrew Vaughanage band 55-59 since 2024
Brian Hartyage band 65-69 since 2021
Helen Flintage band 60-64 since 2025
Louisa Mackenzieage band 45-49 since 2025
Maureen Aldersonage band 60-64 since 2023
Sarah Pulestonage band 60-64 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Lifeworks Charity Limited · 03177139 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 25/03/1996

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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