LIFE CENTRE

Registered charity 1127779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Face to face, email and group counselling services and telephone and text helplines for men, women and child survivors of sexual abuse and rape and their close family members and supporters. We also provide training to organisations.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £44,866 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £754,068. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £521,491, which is below the stated policy target of 9 to 12 months of expected expenditure. The trustees confirm that the level of reserves is sufficient to support the charity on a going concern basis.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Life Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREA CLARKEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Serena North
• MR ALISTAIR MACFARLANE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Margaret Ellis
• Mark Oliver

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).