Registered charity (CIO) · Hampshire
Words of Life Ministries
- 5 trustees
- Income £85k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.wordsoflife.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£85k£99k
- 2024£46k£56k
- 2023£56k£37k
Charitable objects
THE FURTHERANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND OR ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ANY WAY WHICH THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Philip Washington Chair since 1998
- John Robert Victor Clifton since 2012
- Philip Michael Ratcliff since 2018
- Rev David Willmore Dixon since 1975
- Ruth Godden since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Philip Washington Chair since 1998
- John Robert Victor Clifton since 2012
- Philip Michael Ratcliff since 2018
- Rev David Willmore Dixon since 1975
- Ruth Godden since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (5)
- Philip Washington Chair since 1998
- John Robert Victor Clifton since 2012
- Philip Michael Ratcliff since 2018
- Rev David Willmore Dixon since 1975
- Ruth Godden since 2015
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
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
- 1201465
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 29 Dec 2022
- Contact on the register
- 02380269681 · dt@wordsoflife.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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