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Registered charity · Merseyside

Light for Life Sefton LTD

Light for Life Sefton LTD is a registered charity (number 1163280) based in Merseyside, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £505k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £505k (2025)
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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Sefton
Website
www.lightforlifesefton.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Light for Life Sefton LTD
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£505k£422k
  • 2024£394k£421k
  • 2023£408k£410k
Earlier years
  • 2022£363k£337k
  • 2021£351k£334k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 49% · Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 14 - 16 THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, OR SICKNESS AND TO RELIEVE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY ACROSS SEFTON AND MERSEYSIDE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN DANGER OF BECOMING HOMELESS BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND GUIDANCE REGARDING HOUSING OPTIONS AND SECURING A GOOD STANDARD OF ACCOMMODATION.3. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.THE ABOVE OBJECTS ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Grants received

11 grants · £633,990 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

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

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
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 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Tech and media 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£505k latest income
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.

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

14
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.
61%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1163280
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 DEC 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/08/2015
Companies House
Company number 09366208 · Active
Contact on the register
01704501256 · SHC@lightforlifesefton.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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