Registered charity (CIO) · Bath
Voices for Life
- 6 trustees
- Income £124k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Caroline Elizabeth BoddingtonChair · since 2025
- David Lee GoucherTrustee · since 2021
- Joanne Faye BirdTrustee · since 2022
- Kate BrainTrustee · since 2026
- Mary EdwardsTrustee · since 2020
- Tara Margaret HartleyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 2 other charities:
- The Cathedral Church of ST Andrew in Wells · 1 shared trustee
- Bathwick ST Mary Church of England Primary School Trust · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.voicesforlife.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£124k£139k
- 2024£154k£107k
- 2023£136k£68k
Earlier years
- 2022£65k£50k
- 2021£27k£8k
Charitable objects
TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 12 LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING MUSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Caroline Elizabeth Boddington Chair since 2025
- David Lee Goucher since 2021
- Joanne Faye Bird since 2022
- Kate Brain since 2026
- Mary Edwards since 2020
- Tara Margaret Hartley since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- David Lee Goucher since 2021
- Joanne Faye Bird since 2022
- Kate Brain since 2026
- Mary Edwards since 2020
- Tara Margaret Hartley since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Caroline Elizabeth Boddington Chair since 2025
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
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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
- 1191491
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 28 Sep 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07989343195 · contact@voicesforlife.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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