CORAM LIFE EDUCATION WEST MERCIA

Registered charity 1102580 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEC (WORCESTERSHIRE), LECW, LIFE EDUCATION CENTRES (WORCESTERSHIRE)

The companys objects and its principal activity is that of peripatetic health and drug prevention education to primary school children in Worcestershire.

Objects

I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF THE DANGERS OF DRUGS AND ADDICTIVE MATERIALS AND SUBSTANCES PRIMARILY BY VIDEOS AND OTHER FORMS OF AUDIO VISUAL MATERIAL AND PUBLICATIONS AND BY USING ANY OTHER MEANS OF DISSEMINATION AND COMMUNICATION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AND INFORMATION;II) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;III) TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION FOR THE PUBLIC WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED AND SUFFERING FROM ILLNESS, DISEASES OR SICKNESS WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO CONDITIONS CONSEQUENT UPON DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AND SIMILAR SOCIAL PROBLEMSIN ALL CASES IN THE AREA OF WORCESTERSHIRE.

Area of benefit: WORCESTERSHIRE

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £4,613 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £115,389 against total expenditure of £110,776. However, the Statement of Financial Position reveals a negative net asset position of £883, indicating that unrestricted reserves are insufficient to cover liabilities. The directors acknowledge that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, supported by continuing pledges from a charitable trust.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04417035

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.

• LYTTLE, Phoebe Jennifer — director, appointed 19/11/2024on trustee list
• LYTTLE, Thomas Jackson Clements — director, appointed 19/11/2024on trustee list
• CUSACK, Paula Louise — director, appointed 01/09/2015not on trustee list
• CUSACK, Simon James — director, appointed 01/09/2015not on trustee list
• DALLIMER, Paul David — director, appointed 15/07/2010on trustee list
• LYTTLE, Victor Michael Clements — director, appointed 15/04/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• VICTOR MICHAEL CLEMENTS LYTTLE FCAchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• PAUL DALLIMER
• Phoebe Jennifer Lyttle
• Thomas Jackson Clements Lyttle

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

Operates in: Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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• CORAM LIFE EDUCATION income £774k
• LIFE EDUCATION EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED income £355k
• NORTH WEST LIFE EDUCATION LIMITED income £118k
• LIFE EDUCATION CENTRE FOR LANCASHIRE income £276k
• LIFE EDUCATION (BRADFORD) LIMITED income £122k
• CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k

Side by side with its peers

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