Registered charity · Oldham
Life for A Life Memorial Forests and Gardens
- 7 trustees
- Income £426k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.lifeforalife.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£426k£406k
- 2024£423k£423k
- 2023£406k£396k
Earlier years
- 2022£510k£423k
- 2021£343k£324k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL DISTRESS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS IN MEMORY OF THEIR LOVED ONES.(B) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE CREATION OF SUCH FORESTS AND GARDENS.(C) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING INTERNATIONALLY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND/OR EQUIPMENT TO OTHER CHARITIES, HOSPITALS AND HOSPICES PROVIDED THAT IN SO DOING THE TRUST SHALL NOT RELIEVE ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY, RELEVANT HEALTH SERVICE TRUST OR OTHER BODY OF ANY STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS.
Grants received
1 grant · £9,999 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,999
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Charles Rowland since 2014
- Edward Hardaker since 2013
- Gregory Joseph Mcmahon since 2023
- Jonathan Comyn-Platt since 2017
- Jane Carroll since 2011
- Jonathan Belcham since 2017
- Peter Metcalfe since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Rowland since 2014
- Edward Hardaker since 2013
- Jonathan Comyn-Platt since 2017
- Jane Carroll since 2011
- Jonathan Belcham since 2017
- Peter Metcalfe since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Charles Rowland since 2014
- Edward Hardaker since 2013
- Gregory Joseph Mcmahon since 2023
- Jonathan Belcham since 2017
Portfolio (3)
- Jonathan Comyn-Platt since 2017
- Jane Carroll since 2011
- Peter Metcalfe since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1096422
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20/02/2003AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 27/10/2003AS AMENDED ON 20/11/2015
- Contact on the register
- 01616242299 · emma.scott@lifeforalife.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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