The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Active Life Limited

Registered charity 1095215 Registered since 2003

Operates: Kent

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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.

8.7y median 10y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5Disability 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Amateur Sport 1Recreation 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.

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.

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.activelifeltd.co.uk
Phone01227 776026
AddressKingsmead Leisure Centre, Kingsmead Road, CANTERBURY, Kent, CT2 7PH

Finances

£4,850,823 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,364,738£3,747,860
2021£3,560,936£3,542,750
2022£3,789,821£4,026,518
2024£4,850,823£4,822,923
2025

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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.

Trustees (5)

5trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Active Life Limited · 04376721 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/02/2002

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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