Registered charity · Lincolnshire
Magna Vitae
- 9 trustees
- Income £8.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Peter Helps MBEChair · since 2018
- Catherine AtwaterTrustee · since 2022
- Claire DraperTrustee · since 2025
- David WardenTrustee · since 2021
- Ian FytcheTrustee · since 2025
- Jonathan Colin StonesTrustee · since 2016
- Michelle HowardTrustee · since 2022
- Richard FryTrustee · since 2025
- Robert WatsonTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.magnavitae.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Magna Vitae
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8.1m£7.9m
- 2024£7.9m£7.6m
- 2023£6.4m£6.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.6m£5.4m
- 2021£4.1m£4.3m
Charitable objects
THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:- TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND/OR- TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; AND/OR- TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND/OR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR ALL THOSE WHO USE THE FACILITIES; AND/OR- TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PERFORMING ARTS; AND/OR- SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY DETERMINE.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Peter Helps MBE Chair since 2018
- Catherine Atwater since 2022
- Claire Draper since 2025
- David Warden since 2021
- Ian Fytche since 2025
- Jonathan Colin Stones since 2016
- Michelle Howard since 2022
- Richard Fry since 2025
- Robert Watson since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter Helps MBE Chair since 2018
- Jonathan Colin Stones since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Peter Helps MBE Chair since 2018
- Claire Draper since 2025
- David Warden since 2021
- Jonathan Colin Stones since 2016
- Michelle Howard since 2022
- Richard Fry since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Catherine Atwater since 2022
- Ian Fytche since 2025
- Robert Watson since 2023
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1160156
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 JUN 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 OCT 2014 as amended on 08 Oct 2014
- Companies House
- Company number 09078400 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01507607650 · info@mvtlc.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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