Registered charity (CIO) · Chester
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- 8 trustees
- Income £709k (2025)
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, Disability, Recreation
- Where
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.livecheshire.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£709k£690k
- 2024£550k£551k
- 2023£429k£409k
Earlier years
- 2022£342k£384k
- 2021£450k£369k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATION AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES SO AS TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITIES TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL LIFESTYLES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY;3.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.
Grants received
41 grants · £1,322,881 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 · £940,781 (16 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £100,000 (6 grants)
- Postcode Community Trust · £80,000 (2 grants)
- Steve Morgan Foundation · £71,340 (2 grants)
- Westminster Foundation · £55,917 (6 grants)
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Cara Morgan Williams since 2022
- Elizabeth Jane Perry since 2026
- Graham Frederick Warren since 2023
- Mary Hyde since 2015
- Nichola Dawn Burton since 2022
- Richard Lewis since 2015
- Ryan Gould since 2024
- Steven Potts since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Mary Hyde since 2015
- Richard Lewis since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Cara Morgan Williams since 2022
- Elizabeth Jane Perry since 2026
- Graham Frederick Warren since 2023
- Mary Hyde since 2015
- Nichola Dawn Burton since 2022
- Richard Lewis since 2015
- Steven Potts since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Ryan Gould 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
2.2 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
- 1160972
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 18 Mar 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01244320479 · enquiries@livecheshire.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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