Registered charity · Chichester
Life Centre
Life Centre is a registered charity (number 1127779) based in Chichester, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Andrea Clarke. Latest income £835k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £835k (2025)
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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- East Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex
- Website
- www.lifecentre.uk.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Life Centre
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£835k£880k
- 2024£710k£823k
- 2023£1.0m£740k
Earlier years
- 2022£696k£635k
- 2021£956k£786k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 12% · Government grants 48%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED SEXUAL ABUSE BY THE PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF LIFE CENTRE.
Grants received
52 grants · £2,280,472 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
- Ministry of Justice · £802,224 (11 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £565,182 (8 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £205,140 (4 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £195,145 (6 grants)
- The Michael And Betty Little Trust · £140,000 (4 grants)
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Andrea Clarke Chair
- Dr Serena North since 2021
- MR Alistair Macfarlane
- Margaret Ellis since 2024
- Mark Oliver since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Oliver since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Dr Serena North since 2021
- Margaret Ellis since 2024
- Mark Oliver since 2019
Portfolio (2)
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
7.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1127779
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 DECEMBER 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2009
- Companies House
- Company number 06766164 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01243786349 · info@lifecentre.uk.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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