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The Highlife Centre LTD

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £782k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.thehighlife.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Highlife Centre LTD
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£782k£429k
  • 2023£360k£214k
  • 2022£303k£333k
Earlier years
  • 2021£333k£423k
  • 2020£327k£168k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY WAY OF DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PRESCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN UK AND INTERNATIONAL (AFRICA) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY). TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BLACK AND ASIAN MINORITY ETHNIC (BAME) AND THOSE WHO ENGLISH ISN’T THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE OF UK IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WORKING WITHIN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND THE PROVISION OF MEETING AND OFFICE SPACE FOR VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS; THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES. CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Grants received

24 grants · £1,612,911 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £68,5752025-12-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,3612025-08-28
  • Sport England £9,3772025-08-18
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £159,8672023-11-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9382022-04-14
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

7y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Accommodation/housing 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Education/training 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 9Business services 4Other services 3

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£782k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

9
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1151868
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/10/2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/09/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16/04/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 OCT 2016AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17 NOV 2016
Companies House
Company number 07415399 · Active
Contact on the register
02477920886 · info@thehighlife.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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