LIFE AND SOUL YOUTH WORK

Registered charity 1153304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Positively supporting children and young people in the Tunbridge Wells area and encouraging them to fulfil their potential in all aspects of their Social, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual well-being.We offer resilience workshops in primary schools and one to one mentoring in secondary schools.

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Latest income

£74k

Latest spending

£80k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £5,418 on unrestricted funds for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves from £58,117 to £52,699. The trustees state that these reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months’ expenditure excluding depreciation (held: £53k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been included as fixed assets should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months’ expenditure excluding depreciation.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08574869

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

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.

THOMPSON, Ashleigh — director, appointed 30/04/2025on trustee list
NICHOLLS, Angela — director, appointed 20/06/2023on trustee list
DALY, Nigel Jonathon — director, appointed 04/06/2021on trustee list
ROBERTSON, Felicity Jayne — director, appointed 04/06/2021not on trustee list
COLLINS, Andrew Charles — director, appointed 18/06/2013on trustee list
COLLINS, Andrew Charles — secretary, appointed 01/12/2014

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Nigel Dalychair
ANDREW CHARLES COLLINS · trustee of 1 other charity
Angela Nicholls · trustee of 1 other charity
Ashleigh Thompson
Felicity Jayne Roberts

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£74k	£80k
31/08/2024	£97k	£71k
31/08/2023	£69k	£70k
31/08/2022	£70k	£67k
31/08/2021	£67k	£60k

Common questions

Is LIFE AND SOUL YOUTH WORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net loss of £5,418 on unrestricted funds for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves from £58,117 to £52,699. The trustees state that these reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIFE AND SOUL YOUTH WORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIFE AND SOUL YOUTH WORK as a grant recipient include THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION, THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£8k	Unrestricted
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k	Supporting therapy
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2025	£5k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k	Children and Youth
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	Children and Youth