Life Centre

Registered charity 1127779 Registered since 2009

Operates: East Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex

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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.

5 trustees on the board

4.7y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Mark Oliver since 2019

19.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Dr Serena North since 2021
Margaret Ellis since 2024
Mark Oliver since 2019

Portfolio (2)

Andrea Clarke Chair
MR Alistair Macfarlane

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 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Professional services 6Education 1Health and social care 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 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£835k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

7.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.5 in 2021

16 from 7 in 2021

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.

60%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

The Lifespring Foundation (Africa) 1 shared trustee
The Spiller Trust 1 shared trustee
The Pallant Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

BAY Hospitals Charity Similar size; both Health
Derman - for the Well-Being of the Kurdish and Turkish Communities Similar size; both Health
Barnsley Hospital Charity Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.lifecentre.uk.com
Email	info@lifecentre.uk.com
Phone	01243786349
Address	LIFECENTRE, PO BOX 58, CHICHESTER, PO198UD

Finances

£834,724 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£956,192	£786,294
2022	£695,679	£635,120
2023	£1,003,021	£739,833
2024	£709,573	£822,850
2025	£834,724	£879,590

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 DECEMBER 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2009

Trustees (5)

5trustees

61median age

1aged 70+

Andrea Clarkeage band 55-59 Chair
Dr Serena Northage band 75-79 since 2021
MR Alistair Macfarlaneage band 65-69
Margaret Ellisage band 60-64 since 2024
Mark Oliverage band 45-49 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Life Centre · 06766164 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/12/2008

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

The Spiller Trust 1 shared trustee
The Pallant Charitable Trust 1 shared trustee
The Lifespring Foundation (Africa) 1 shared trustee

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