LEARN TO LIVE

Registered charity 1211722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEARN TO LIVE 19-25 CIC

Learn to Live provides specialist day care provision for young adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and complex needs. Our aim is to increase independence by offering a range of activities and life skills training.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG ADULTS WITH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF:A) RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.B) SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTED THEIR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £230,059 for the period ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £230,059. The charity holds £153,505 in cash at bank and in hand, indicating strong liquidity relative to its net assets. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the preparation of the financial statements.

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 3 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% 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: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David O'loughlinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANNE DAVIES
• Nicholas Cousins
• Nicola Louise Burroughs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Anne Toll

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Learn and Thrive.

• Learn and Thrive income £111k
• THE STABLE FAMILY HOME TRUST income £4.0m
• LIVE AND LEARN income £984k
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
• PEOPLE IN ACTION income £11.4m

Side by side with its peers

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