The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Young Lives Foundation

Registered charity 1119528 Registered since 2007

Operates: Kent, Medway

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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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

5
company-linked trustees

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 2Dormant 1Finance 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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

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Contact

Websitewww.ylf.org.uk
Emailenquiries@ylf.org.uk
Phone01622693459
AddressYoung Lives Foundation, 71 College Road, Maidstone, ME15 6SX

Finances

£983,562 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£995,034£746,880
2022£1,157,977£928,482
2023£1,077,157£1,021,232
2024£925,845£1,103,149
2025£983,562£1,124,223

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

1) TO MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE;2) TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 25 WHO HAVE FORMERLY RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE CHARITY, OR SUCH ADULTS WHO ARE IN NEED OR SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 APRIL 2007. as amended on 25 Oct 2019

Trustees (11)

11trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Young Lives Foundation · 05999166 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/11/2006

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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