The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Better Lives Foundation

Registered charity 1122290 Registered since 2008

Operates: India, Sierra Leone, Brent, Croydon, Wandsworth

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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

5.5y median 4.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
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 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 1

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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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£167k latest income

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.betterlivesfoundation.org
Emailinfo@betterlivesfoundation.org
Phone02032393277
AddressJetta House, Suite J003, 15-16 Westfield Lane, HARROW, Middlesex, HA3 9ED

Finances

£166,620 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£60,092£59,949
2022£56,581£53,644
2023£125,121£102,050
2024£86,217£113,996
2025£166,620£163,919

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE UNDER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SUCH AS SIERRA LEONE, ZAMBIA ETC.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE BY THE PROVISION OF LECTURES, FORA AND BY THE PUBLICATION OF NEWSLETTER DEVOTED TO HEALTHCARE.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN UNDER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND IN PARTICULAR IN SIERRA LEONE AND IN ZAMBIA BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THEIR EDUCATION WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 FEBRUARY 2007

Trustees (4)

4trustees
77median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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