FLOURISHING LIVES

Registered charity 1195193 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Flourishing Lives is a London-wide coalition of arts and wellbeing organisations taking a creative approach to supporting richer, more independent lives for people over the age of 55. We deliver workshops, trainings, showcase arts events, and inclusion programmes to help galvanize organisational collaboration and resilience across the arts and wellbeing sector, for the benefit of older people.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF OLD AGE, FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN GREATER LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:• PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT WITH, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE ARTS BY ELDERLY PEOPLE.• PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.• RAISING STANDARDS AND ENCOURAGING BEST PRACTICE IN THE PROVISION OF PARTICIPATORY ARTS PROJECTS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.• RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING ELDERLY PEOPLE.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Flourishing Lives is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund until December 2029, leading trustees to view the charity as a going concern. The charity maintains a reserves policy of three months' core expenditure, though specific unrestricted reserve figures are not explicitly stated in the provided text. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination which reported no material matters of concern.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Flourishing Lives is kindly supported by The National Lottery Community Fund and The Rayne Foundation.” (source page)
• The Rayne Foundation — “Flourishing Lives is kindly supported by The National Lottery Community Fund and The Rayne Foundation.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Rodwellchair
• Margaret Louise Pigott CBE FRSA
• Maurizio Fiaschetti
• Stuart Cox

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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