Registered charity (CIO) · Bootle
Choose Life the Prisoners Initiative
Choose Life the Prisoners Initiative is a registered charity (number 1177221) based in Bootle, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Stephen Donoghue since 2019. Latest income £97k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £97k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.chooselifeproject.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£97k£110k
- 2024£97k£110k
- 2023£100k£101k
Earlier years
- 2022£92k£89k
- 2021£87k£89k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE DANGERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF DRUGS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ENGAGING WITH AND TRAINING RECOVERING DRUG ADDICTS TO DELIVER THE EDUCATION
Grants received
3 grants · £20,730 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 · £18,730 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £2,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Stephen Donoghue Chair since 2019
- Andrew Leece since 2020
- Denise Jones since 2019
- Vanessa Griffiths since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Stephen Donoghue Chair since 2019
- Andrew Leece since 2020
- Denise Jones since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Stephen Donoghue Chair since 2019
- Andrew Leece since 2020
- Denise Jones since 2019
- Vanessa Griffiths since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1177221
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Feb 2018
- Contact on the register
- 0151 345 6639 · INFO@CHOOSELIFEPROJECT.ORG
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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