Registered charity · Pulborough
Life Support
Life Support is a registered charity (number 1132406) based in Pulborough, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Dr Stephen Michael Leach since 2012. Latest income £381k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £381k (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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
- Where
- Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Venezuela and more
- Website
- www.lifesupportcharity.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Life Support
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£381k£386k
- 2024£515k£493k
- 2023£298k£320k
Earlier years
- 2022£306k£264k
- 2021£185k£208k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF ZAMBIA BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANSA THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGB THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESSC THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; ANDD THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE
Grants received
2 grants · £10,724 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,724
- Sussex Community 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Dr Stephen Michael Leach Chair since 2012
- Nathanael Edwards
- Olivia Helen Louise Elliott since 2020
- Pleun Robert Verheul since 2016
- Sylvia Onyekwelu since 2018
- Zoe Gordon since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Stephen Michael Leach Chair since 2012
- Olivia Helen Louise Elliott since 2020
- Pleun Robert Verheul since 2016
- Sylvia Onyekwelu since 2018
- Zoe Gordon since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Olivia Helen Louise Elliott since 2020
- Sylvia Onyekwelu since 2018
- Zoe Gordon since 2014
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Stephen Michael Leach Chair since 2012
- Nathanael Edwards
- Pleun Robert Verheul since 2016
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1132406
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 DECEMBER 2008
- Companies House
- Company number 06775940 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07477603966 · nat@lifesupportcharity.org
- 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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