Registered charity · Avon
Together for Short Lives
- 9 trustees
- Income £6.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Andrew Heywood HughesChair · since 2025
- Brad McleanTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Lynda Ann BrookTrustee · since 2026
- Jeremy Mark EvansTrustee · since 2024
- Kirsty MurrayTrustee · since 2025
- Mark Winston SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Robert William LightfootTrustee · since 2023
- Sarah LorkingTrustee · since 2024
- Sarah MorganTrustee · since 2025
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Together for Short Lives
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.0m£6.6m
- 2024£6.9m£7.6m
- 2023£6.1m£6.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.2m£3.4m
- 2021£3.2m£3.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, AND ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO, PROMOTING, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LIFE-LIMITING AND LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AND BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT:SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE AS FULFILLING LIVES AS POSSIBLE; ANDSUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVE THE BEST CARE AT THE END OF LIFE
Grants received
21 grants · £1,777,577 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 · £993,861 (5 grants)
- True Colours Trust · £527,475 (5 grants)
- John Ellerman Foundation · £80,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £66,452 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £40,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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
- Andrew Heywood Hughes Chair since 2025
- Brad Mclean since 2025
- Dr Lynda Ann Brook since 2026
- Jeremy Mark Evans since 2024
- Kirsty Murray since 2025
- Mark Winston Smith since 2023
- Robert William Lightfoot since 2023
- Sarah Lorking since 2024
- Sarah Morgan since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Andrew Heywood Hughes Chair since 2025
- Brad Mclean since 2025
- Jeremy Mark Evans since 2024
- Kirsty Murray since 2025
- Mark Winston Smith since 2023
- Robert William Lightfoot since 2023
- Sarah Morgan since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Lynda Ann Brook since 2026
- Sarah Lorking since 2024
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
3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1144022
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18 MAR 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 07783702 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01179897820 · info@togetherforshortlives.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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