Registered charity · London
Restart Lives
- 9 trustees
- Income £315k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.restartlives.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Restart Lives LTD
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£315k£314k
- 2024£201k£209k
- 2023£221k£109k
Earlier years
- 2022£242k£130k
- 2021£133k£131k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND OTHER AMENITIES AND SERVICES3.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WORLD-WIDE ON ISSUES RELATING TO POVERTY, CITIZENSHIP ANDCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT3.3. FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHERCHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE
Grants received
14 grants · £195,650 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £65,000 (4 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £63,650 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £29,000 (3 grants)
- CAF · £25,000
- Westminster Foundation · £5,000
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Sonya Leydecker Chair since 2018
- Anand Dani since 2016
- David Pyle since 2018
- Emma Veelenturf since 2024
- Marina Abel-Smith since 2020
- Mark Veldon since 2020
- Michelle Rosenbauer since 2024
- Pete Gibbons since 2015
- Robert Mills since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Sonya Leydecker Chair since 2018
- Anand Dani since 2016
- David Pyle since 2018
- Marina Abel-Smith since 2020
- Mark Veldon since 2020
- Pete Gibbons since 2015
- Robert Mills since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Sonya Leydecker Chair since 2018
- Anand Dani since 2016
- David Pyle since 2018
- Emma Veelenturf since 2024
- Marina Abel-Smith since 2020
- Mark Veldon since 2020
- Michelle Rosenbauer since 2024
- Pete Gibbons since 2015
- Robert Mills since 2019
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
- 1128848
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/02/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/12/2014AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31 AUG 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 06807567 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 3778 1518 · email@restartlives.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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