The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People

Registered charity 1084108 Registered since 2000

Operates: Norfolk, Suffolk

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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

4.5y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 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 4Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£1.4m 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.

7.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2021

31 from 36 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.
34%
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.equallives.org.uk
Emailinfo@equallives.org.uk
Phone01508491210
AddressEqual Lives, Ground Floor, St Vedast House, 5 - 7 St Vedast Street, Norwich, Norfolk

Finances

£1,353,690 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,031,541£1,300,839
2022£1,083,862£1,104,997
2023£1,286,323£1,171,482
2024£1,418,995£1,224,566
2025£1,353,690£1,204,414

What it does

What

Disability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

OBJECTS4. THE OBJECTS (OBJECTS) OF THE COMPANY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:4.1 TO RELIEVE THE DISABILITY OF DISABLED PEOPLE;4.2 TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF DISABLED PEOPLE;4.3 TO PROMOTE AND/OR FURTHER THE INDEPENDENCE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF DISABLED PEOPLE; AND/OR4.4 TO PREVENT AND/OR RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND/OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF DISABLED PEOPLE,IN EACH CASE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:4.5 SUPPORTING DISABLED PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVING INDEPENDENTLY;4.6 PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES IN EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND PRIVATE LIFE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE;4.7 BY PREVENTING DISABLED PEOPLE FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED OR BY ASSISTING THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS EQUAL CITIZENS IN SOCIETY;4.8 ADVISING DISABLED PEOPLE AND/OR THEIR CARERS ON ACCESSING SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE;4.9 PROVIDING INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE ON BENEFITS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE AND/OR ON LIVING INDEPENDENTLY;4.10 PROVIDING ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE FOR THEIR REPRESENTATION AT WELFARE AND BENEFIT HEARINGS AND/OR APPEALS; AND/OR4.11 RAISING SOCIAL AWARENESS OF AND/OR FOR DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR ACCESS TO THE WELFARE AND BENEFITS SYSTEM THROUGH CAMPAIGNING.5. FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 4:5.1 “DISABLED PEOPLE” MEANS PEOPLE WITH ONE OR MORE LONG TERM OR FLUCTUATING PHYSICAL, MENTAL, LEARNING AND/OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS WHO LIVE PRINCIPALLY IN ANY OF THE COUNTIES OF NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, ESSEX, CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND/OR NORTHAMPTONSHIRE;5.2 “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF A PERSON’S LONG TERM OR FLUCTUATING PHYSICAL, MENTAL, LEARNING AND/OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT; AND5.3 “LIVING INDEPENDENTLY” OR “INDEPENDENCE” MEANS A DISABLED PERSON HAVING SELF-DETERMINATION, CONTROL, CHOICE AND EQUAL ACCESS TO ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE AND THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE AS CITIZENS ON AN EQUAL BASIS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/10/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/10/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/10/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 31/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/2012 AS AMENDED ON 13 OCT 2018 AS AMENDED ON 20 NOV 2019 AS AMENDED ON 21 JAN 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 DEC 2022

Trustees (4)

4trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People · 04098341 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/10/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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