LIFESPACE TRUST

Registered charity 1122170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEARTLANDS CHURCH

Lifespace is a youth charity that supports the wellbeing of young people (7 to 19) so that they have the self-esteem, resilience and confidence to thrive. Our committed team of staff and volunteers support young people in one of three ways:1: Mentoring2: Group activities3: And leadership opportunities.We run these programmes in schools, online and in the community.

Objects

a) To relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind, including through the provision of counselling, mentoring and support in such parts of Stratford-upon-Avon, the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees from time to time may think fit; b) The advancement of education without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the provision of such education in any educational establishment and if the Trustees so decide the provision of one or more charitable educational establishments for the general education of children or adults in such parts of Stratford-upon-Avon, the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit.

Area of benefit: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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

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Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £822 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £289,307 and total expenditure of £290,129. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £73,413, which is above the stated policy target of £60,000 (six months of fixed overheads). The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient reserves to support future operations.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lifespace Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Heric Beardmorechair
• Chris Hall
• Faye Claire Pettitt
• Laura Caroline Prentice
• Laura Griffin
• Mark Humphries
• REBECCA LOUISE FERNANDES-GREEN

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• LIFE CHANCE TRUST income £123k
• DYS SPACE LIMITED income £3.3m
• ARTSPACE LIFESPACE income £775k
• LEARNING SPACE income £1.2m
• YOUTHSCAPE income £2.1m
• YOUTH SPACE income £139k

Side by side with its peers

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