LIFEWORKS CHARITY LIMITED
Registered charity 1054167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIDWELL BROOK FOUNDATION, LIFEWORKS, ROBINS, THE BIDWELL BROOK FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE KOOL CLUB
Lifeworks focuses on the needs of children with learning disabilities and their families, providing them with new opportunities that will lead to full, rewarding and active lives through the delivery of specialist further education, informal individualised learning programmes promoting independence and social skills, social care, short breaks and recreational projects.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net profit after depreciation of £394,724 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous net expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,957,445, with designated funds set aside to cover four months of trading income and specific capital requirements.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four months trading income (held: £2.0m)
“The Trustees have assessed what financial resources are required to meet employer and other committed financial obligations and based on this assessment the Trustees have designated £943,000 which is equivalent to four months trading income” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Albert Goodman LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lifeworks Charity Ltd. (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Karen Dorow — Charity CEO (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
CQC provider record: Lifeworks Charity Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 02/02/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (21/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- PAUL CLARKSONchair
- Andrew Vaughan
- Brian Harty
- Helen Flint
- Louisa Mackenzie
- Maureen Alderson
- Sarah Puleston
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Torbay
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LIFEWORKS CHARITY LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net profit after depreciation of £394,724 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous net expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,957,445, with designated funds set aside to cover four months of trading income and specific capital requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Albert Goodman LLP.
Who funds LIFEWORKS CHARITY LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LIFEWORKS CHARITY LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE CLARE MILNE TRUST.
Known funders
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