LIFE EDUCATION CENTRE FOR LANCASHIRE

Registered charity 1058867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work in partnership with primary schools in the provision of high quality health (including drug) education to their pupils.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 2) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE 3) RELIEF IN SICKNESS AMONGST PERSONS (IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE)

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 · Get email alerts

Latest income
£276k
Latest spending
£273k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £3,319 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £298,465. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £286,940, which the trustees state comfortably exceeds their established policy target of £75,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: 17
“Life Education Centre for Lancashire has paid an annual subscription of £12,611 (2024: £13,489) to Coram Life Education (formerly Life Education Centre UK Limited) a national charity which works with the Life Education Centre for Lancashire Limited. Coram Life Education North West paid a donation grant to Life Education Centre for Lancashire during the year amounting to £8,718 (2024: £10,057) for office services to be provided in the North West Region for the period of these accounts. Insurance premiums during the year amounting to £650 (2024: £650) were incurred by the charity in respect of indemnity insurance for the trustees.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£276k£273k
31/03/2024£260k£256k
31/03/2023£240k£215k
31/03/2022£246k£208k
31/03/2021£187k£168k

Common questions

Is LIFE EDUCATION CENTRE FOR LANCASHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £3,319 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £298,465. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £286,940, which the trustees state comfortably exceeds their established policy target of £75,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFE EDUCATION EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIFE EDUCATION CENTRE FOR LANCASHIRE£276k—0above—no doubt
LIFE EDUCATION EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED FY2025£355k—0below—no doubt
NORTH WEST LIFE EDUCATION LIMITED FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION FOR LIFE FY2025£231k—0below—no doubt
LEICESTERSHIRE INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£7.2m——below—no doubt
LIFE EDUCATION (BRADFORD) LIMITED FY2025£122k—0below—no doubt

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