IT'S YOUR LIFE

Registered charity 1116802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOBETOWN LEARNING COMMUNITY

The charity is currently carrying out the following activities:Integrated programme of support to build educational capital and improve the life chances of young people and their families;Classes in ESOL, ICT, Maths and Textiles for parents;Curriculum support for pupils with special needs;Community support in the Arts.

Objects

1 DELIVERING INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS TO CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS AT RISK OF FAILING TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL DUE TO LACK OF OPPORTUNITY.2 DEVELOPING, SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND MAINSTREAM EDUCATION PROVISION.3 DEVELOPING INITIATIVES WHICH RAISE EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION.

Area of benefit: TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £30,682 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £153,054. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds reserves above its stated policy target of three months' income, indicating a stable financial position despite operating in a sector with significant funding pressures.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05650451

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — It's Your Life (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Investigo — “Thank you Investigo for choosing It’s Your Life to be your charity partner for 2025.” (source page)
• The Vintners Foundation — “Thank You to Our Supporters The Vintners Foundation” (source page)
• The Ironmongers Livery Company — “The Ironmongers Livery Company” (source page)
• Eleanor and Elizabeth Rathbone Trust — “Eleanor and Elizabeth Rathbone Trust” (source page)

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.

• ROSS, Jamie Anne Dolan, Dr — director, appointed 27/06/2023on trustee list
• THOMAS, Brian Henry — director, appointed 01/09/2019on trustee list
• RAHIM, Foyez Ahmed — director, appointed 07/10/2013on trustee list
• LEWIS, David Mark Joseph — director, appointed 10/06/2011on trustee list
• SHERWOOD, Melanie Laura — director, appointed 10/06/2011on trustee list
• BARNES, Jackie — secretary, appointed 09/12/2005

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 4.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID LEWISchair
• Brian Thomas
• Dr Jamie Ross
• Foyez Rahim
• MELANIE SHERWOOD

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUR LIFE CHARITY.

• YOUR LIFE CHARITY income £430k
• SIGNIFICANCE income £53k
• COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £654k
• THE INSURANCE CHARITIES income £866k
• CHAPEL OF LIFE income £285k
• SPLASH FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES income £48k

Side by side with its peers

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