Registered charity · Coventry
The Highlife Centre LTD
- 5 trustees
- Income £782k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
- 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 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 · £883,591 (11 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £376,476 (7 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £328,467 (4 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £15,000
- Sport England · £9,377
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
5 trustees on the board
- Daisy Oppon Chair since 2016
- Angela Babane since 2025
- Kwasi Asiedu-Ofei since 2016
- Kyei Baffour Nketia since 2022
- Tobi Labeodan since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Daisy Oppon Chair since 2016
- Kwasi Asiedu-Ofei since 2016
- Tobi Labeodan since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Angela Babane since 2025
- Kyei Baffour Nketia since 2022
- Tobi Labeodan since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Daisy Oppon Chair since 2016
- Kwasi Asiedu-Ofei 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
2.0 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
- 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
- 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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