LIFE WAYS

Registered charity 1050697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of services to promote good health through holistic healing and a balanced life-style, recognising that a combination of orthodox medicines and complementary therapies often provide the optimum approach to restoring and maintaining health.Activities include classes, workshops, a wide range of therapies and support of like-minded organisations to achieve the charity's objectives.

Objects

1.TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO MEET THE EMOTIONAL AND MEDICAL NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO REQUIRE THEM AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS BY MEANS OF HOLISTIC CARE,SERVICES AND MEDICINES. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION. 3 GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£100k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted net assets stood at £926,858, representing a surplus for the year. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Mark Phillips received £750 for clinical supervision services provided to Lifespace Trust.
“As part of our charitable giving to Lifespace Trust, Lifeways has paid for Mark Phillips' time at a discounted rate to provide clinical supervison as part of this partnership project. 2025 cost £750” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Mark Phillips for clinical supervision services provided to Lifespace Trust, a related charity.
“As part of our charitable giving to Lifespace Trust, Lifeways has paid for Mark Phillips' time at a discounted rate to provide clinical supervison as part of this partnership project. 2025 cost £750 (2024, £150)” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£100k£107k
31/03/2024£79k£90k
31/03/2023£73k£70k
31/03/2022£44k£66k
31/03/2021£81k£58k

Common questions

Is LIFE WAYS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted net assets stood at £926,858, representing a surplus for the year. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAYS TO WELLNESS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIFE WAYS£100k—0unclear—no doubt
WAYS TO WELLNESS FOUNDATION FY2025£1.6m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
LIVINGWAY MINISTRIES FY2025£158k—0below—no doubt
Big Life Services FY2025£11.7m——below—no doubt
LEV CHAIM FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
The Holistic Cancer Centre FY2025£211k—0unclear—noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.