Lively Minds

Registered charity 1187460 Registered since 2020

Operates: Ghana, Uganda

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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

Rehmah Nakawooya Kasule Chair since 2026
Dr Gordon Carver since 2019
Ganna Agafonova since 2025
Jackline Martina Athieno since 2025
Joanne Ndunge Mutungi Mutsekwa since 2026

1.8y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Gordon Carver since 2019

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Rehmah Nakawooya Kasule Chair since 2026
Dr Gordon Carver since 2019
Ganna Agafonova since 2025
Jackline Martina Athieno since 2025
Joanne Ndunge Mutungi Mutsekwa since 2026

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Education/training 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.

Finance 12Other services 3Professional services 2

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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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£6.1m 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.

4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.8 in 2020

108 from 61 in 2021

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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice Similar size; both Disability
The Advocacy People Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.livelyminds.org
Email	info@livelyminds.org
Phone	02070978636
Address	6 Queens Terrace, TOTNES, Devon, TQ9 5JQ

Finances

£6,116,750 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£0	£0
2021	£1,768,683	£1,797,628
2022	£3,573,394	£2,875,949
2023	£3,017,506	£3,298,604
2024	£6,116,750	£3,743,848

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN IN RURAL SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: (1) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SAID CHILDREN INCLUDING BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AND POLICY-MAKERS TO HELP THEM PROVIDE BETTER QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION TO SAID CHILDREN; (2) RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF SAID CHILDREN THROUGH CREATIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES THAT ENLIVEN MINDS AND EMPOWER THEM TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES FOR THE BETTER; AND(3) DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 FEB 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 JAN 2020

Trustees (5)

5trustees

48median age

0aged 70+

Rehmah Nakawooya Kasule Chair since 2026
Dr Gordon Carverage band 45-49 since 2019
Ganna Agafonovaage band 45-49 since 2025
Jackline Martina Athienoage band 45-49 since 2025
Joanne Ndunge Mutungi Mutsekwa since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Lively Minds · 11832452 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/02/2019

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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