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Registered charity · Kent

Living Words Arts

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £69k (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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.livingwords.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Living Words Arts
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£69k£58k
  • 2023£113k£120k
  • 2022£154k£162k
Earlier years
  • 2021£74k£72k
  • 2020£100k£88k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:-(1)TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ARTS OF THEATRE AND LITERATURE.(2)THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF ARTS AND LITERATURE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT, NURTURE AND IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELL BEING, PARTICULARLY FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING DEMENTIA AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM AND INTERACT WITH THEM.

Grants received

4 grants · £36,977 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £27,170 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,807

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,5002023-06-29
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £9,8072020-09-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7952018-02-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7,8752015-02-11
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.

4 trustees on the board

4y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
16.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Disability 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.

Arts and leisure 4Professional services 2Education 1

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£69k latest income
42 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1157780
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 NOV 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/06/2014
Companies House
Company number 08776627 · Active
Contact on the register
07967502506 · info@livingwords.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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