RESTART LIVES

Registered charity 1128848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASTELL FOUNDATION, RESTART (WWW.RESTARTLIVES.ORG) LIMITED

RESTART LIVES' objectives are to help London's homeless break the cycle of homelessness, to move from the streets, confront the issues obstructing their futures and return to society as empowered, resilient human beings in employment and living independently in their own accommodation.

Objects

3.1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND OTHER AMENITIES AND SERVICES3.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WORLD-WIDE ON ISSUES RELATING TO POVERTY, CITIZENSHIP ANDCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT3.3. FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHERCHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £1,256 for the year, with total income of £315,230 against expenditure of £313,974. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £263,473, which is above the stated policy target of nine months' current expenditure, indicating adequate financial resources to continue 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
• 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 — Restart Lives (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SONYA LEYDECKERchair
• Anand Dani
• DAVID PYLE
• Emma Veelenturf
• Marina Abel-Smith
• Mark Veldon
• Michelle Rosenbauer
• Pete Gibbons
• Robert Mills

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

Operates in: Throughout London

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 RESTLESS BEINGS.

• RESTLESS BEINGS income £317k
• STEPPING STONE PROJECTS income £14.5m
• JUSTUS income £47k
• Stay Charity income £2.2m
• STREETS2HOMES income £332k
• REVERT2REALITY income £96k

Side by side with its peers

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