LIFE EDUCATION WESSEX

Charity Number: 1071094
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Health and drug prevention education to children (up to the age of 13) through a series of educational programmes delivered by trained Educators.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £469,131
Total expenditure: £416,773

Total income includes £10,327 from 39 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Hampshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Reading
  • Somerset
  • West Berkshire
  • Wokingham

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 August 1998: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • LIFE EDUCATION DORSET (Working name)
  • LIFE EDUCATION CENTRES - DORSET (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
GARY RICHARD HEPBURN Chair 05 October 2012
WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL
Received: On time
SIR HENRY EDWARDS' CHARITIES
Received: On time
SIR SAMUEL MICO'S CHARITIES
Received: On time
THE MARGARET CHAMBERLAINE INSTITUTE
Received: On time
SANDERSON-WELLS CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE FUND
Received: On time
THE WYKE REGIS AID IN SICKNESS FUND
Received: On time
PARISH OF WYKE REGIS, ALL SAINTS WITH ST EDMUND
Received: On time
Jacqueline Anne Swift Trustee 14 June 2019
None on record
Peta Ruth Dyke Trustee 14 June 2019
None on record
Phil Harrison Trustee 22 June 2018
None on record
Leslie Arthur Christiansen Trustee 15 December 2017
None on record
Andrew Lovell Trustee 15 December 2017
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION
Received: On time
Tess Drabble Trustee 16 June 2014
None on record
ROSEMARY FELICITY HEDGER Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £542.64k £461.12k £462.55k £498.18k £469.13k
Total expenditure £488.11k £365.39k £384.02k £401.66k £416.77k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £15.93k £138.82k £41.70k £16.05k £10.33k
Income - Donations and legacies £231.08k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £56.13k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £252.35k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £448 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £2.63k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £402.57k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £85.54k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £25.90k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 01 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 01 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 16 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 16 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 21 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 21 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 17 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 17 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 18 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 18 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 23 JUNE 1998 AS AMENDED 26 FEBRUARY 2009, AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 10 AUGUST 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 JAN 2013 as amended on 29 Mar 2023

Charitable objects

(i) to promote the good health and well-being of children and young people; (ii) to advance the education of children and young people, helping them to adopt positive and healthy ways of living and to make healthy choices in relation to alcohol, smoking, diet, exercise, drugs and other addictive materials; (iii) to advance the education of children and young people by encouraging responsible behaviour in relation to bullying and sexual relationships, (iv) in all cases “in the area of” means the area of (i) Dorset, (ii) Cornwall, (iii) Devon, (iv) Somerset, (v) Hampshire and Isle of Wight, (vi) Berkshire, (vii) Buckinghamshire (excluding Milton Keynes), (viii) Oxfordshire and, (ix) East Swindon, in each case as amended by the Company by written instruction to the Charity Member from time to time.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND

Contact information

Address:
Life Education Wessex
Unit 2
Barnes Croft
Coles Lane
Milborne St. Andrew
BLANDFOR
Phone:
01258837417
Email:
enquiries@lifeeducationwessex.org.uk
Website:

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