Registered charity · Kent

Active Life Limited

Active Life Limited is a registered charity (number 1095215) based in Kent, governed by 5 trustees. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Active Life (Charity Commission)

5 trustees

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
Where: Kent
Website: www.activelifeltd.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Active Life Limited
Registered: 2003

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025--
2024£4.9m£4.8m
2022£3.8m£4.0m

Earlier years

2021£3.6m£3.5m
2020£3.4m£3.7m

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 99% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION PRIMARILY IN THE DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAVE THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES AND/OR; TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PRIMARILY IN THE DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY DRAMATIC EDUCATION AND FOSTER THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN ARTS.

Grants received

3 grants · £22,549 total

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Top funders

The National Lottery Community Fund · £11,702 (2 grants)
Sport England · £10,847

Most recent

The National Lottery Community Fund £4,7022018-04-26
Sport England £10,8472014-12-15
The National Lottery Community Fund £7,0002014-01-29

Board analysis

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.

5 trustees on the board

8.7y median 10y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Christine Elizabeth Longmire since 2012
Rosalind Barley since 2016

14.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Education/training 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

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

Arts and leisure 6Tech and media 3Business services 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 3 years.

2020

2021

2022

incomespending£3.8m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.7 in 2020

250 from 330 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.

100%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

139 days

Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1095215
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 19 FEBRUARY 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26 FEBRUARY 2002 AS FURTHER AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 MARCH 2002.
Companies House: Company number 04376721 · Active
Contact on the register: 01227 776026
Edition: Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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