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Registered charity (CIO) · County Durham

Lifeline Community Action

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £742k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Durham, Darlington
Website
lifelinecommunityaction.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£742k£553k
  • 2025£999k£331k
  • 2024£279k£204k
Earlier years
  • 2023£171k£122k
  • 2022£100k£99k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS IN THE NEWTON AYCLIFFE ANDSURROUNDING AREA/CO DURHAM WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASONS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES AS THETRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS OF THEIRPERSONAL FINANCES IN THE NEWTON AYCLIFFE AND SURROUNDING AREA/CODURHAM AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DOCTRINE IN ACCORDANCEWITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE, HERETOINTO IN THE NEWTON AYCLIFFE AND SURROUNDING AREA/CO DURHAM AS THETRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Grants received

40 grants · £1,193,719 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 · £921,711 (8 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £130,000 (5 grants)
  • Point North · £113,759 (26 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £28,249

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

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

1
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 5General Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 2Business services 1Tech and media 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£999k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

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

7
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1168614
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 04 Aug 2016
Contact on the register
01325965381 · office@lifelinecommunityaction.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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