Registered charity (CIO) · Wigan
Stable Lives
- 4 trustees
- Income £207k (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
- Disability
- Where
- Lancashire, Liverpool City, Manchester City
- Website
- www.stable-lives.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£207k£194k
- 2024£128k£129k
- 2023£81k£72k
Earlier years
- 2022£70k£48k
- 2021£26k£19k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 38%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR AGE GROUP, ILL-HEALTH (INCLUDING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH), DISABILITY, SOCIAL OR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, OCCUPATION OR SOME OTHER DISADVANTAGE, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, THROUGH (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE PROVISION OF COURSES, PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH UTILISE EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE THEIR PERSONAL, LEARNING, GENERAL INTERACTION AND LIFE SKILLS, THEIR CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM AND THEIR CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND/OR ENABLE THEM TO BETTER PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY.
Grants received
11 grants · £225,390 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 · £146,504 (2 grants)
- The Fore · £28,000
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust · £16,350
- Westminster Foundation · £15,250 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £14,000 (3 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Christopher John Lawson Chair since 2024
- Dr John Robert Wray since 2024
- Lisa Cooper since 2026
- Gavin Kibble since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Gavin Kibble since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Christopher John Lawson Chair since 2024
- Dr John Robert Wray since 2024
- Lisa Cooper since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Gavin Kibble 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.
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1186580
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Nov 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01257543053 · carrie@stable-lives.co.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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