Registered charity · England
MY Life Legacy
- 14 trustees
- Income £7.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alan BellTrustee · since 2016
- Caroline TomlinsonTrustee · since 2016
- David OwenTrustee · since 2026
- Esmail LakdawalaTrustee · since 2023
- Hazel WaddingtonTrustee · since 2023
- Heather FordTrustee · since 2025
- Helen DonohueTrustee · since 2025
- Jon SharrockTrustee · since 2023
- Julie ParkesTrustee · since 2025
- Kelly SingletonTrustee · since 2026
- Kevin MasseyTrustee · since 2019
- Kim OwenTrustee · since 2026
- Laura HurstTrustee · since 2025
- Michael NuttallTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Wigan, Lancashire, Salford City, Warrington and more
- Website
- www.my-life.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- MY Life Legacy
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7.3m£7.1m
- 2024£6.2m£6.3m
- 2023£5.6m£5.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.8m£5.0m
- 2021£3.7m£3.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEED OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES. (FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, OR DISABILITY).
Grants received
3 grants · £39,845 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 Clothworkers' Foundation · £20,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,845 (2 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.
14 trustees on the board
- Alan Bell since 2016
- Caroline Tomlinson since 2016
- David Owen since 2026
- Esmail Lakdawala since 2023
- Hazel Waddington since 2023
- Heather Ford since 2025
- Helen Donohue since 2025
- Jon Sharrock since 2023
- Julie Parkes since 2025
- Kelly Singleton since 2026
- Kevin Massey since 2019
- Kim Owen since 2026
- Laura Hurst since 2025
- Michael Nuttall since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Bell since 2016
- Caroline Tomlinson since 2016
- Kevin Massey since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Alan Bell since 2016
- Caroline Tomlinson since 2016
- David Owen since 2026
- Esmail Lakdawala since 2023
- Hazel Waddington since 2023
- Heather Ford since 2025
- Helen Donohue since 2025
- Jon Sharrock since 2023
- Julie Parkes since 2025
- Kelly Singleton since 2026
- Kim Owen since 2026
- Laura Hurst since 2025
- Michael Nuttall since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Kevin Massey since 2019
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
1.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1167858
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03 MAR 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 08137149 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01257472900 · info@my-life.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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