Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 2

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 3

LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS

Plants trees in memory of people and/or events.Operates throughout the United Kingdom.Makes donations out of the funds generated to other health related charities,including Hospices,Medical Research etc.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£406	£396	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/22		£510	£423	£87	£2	£253	£249	7	6	30
31/03/21		£343	£324	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£343	£324	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£315	£289	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£278	£291	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£289	£319	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£289	£265	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£268	£280	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£282	£308	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£319	£297	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£319	£306	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£368	£340	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£363	£369	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£358	£354	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£312	£325	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£391	£407	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£373	£410	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£358	£299	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£304	£275	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

www.lifeforalife.org.uk

norman.armstrong-kersh@lifeforalife.org.uk

01616242299

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Medical education & research

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Starling Wood Community Woodland
£9,999	18/02/2022	The funding will be used to plant 8000 new trees to restore the decimated woodland Starling Wood at Beacon Fell a woodland that had to be felled due to major storm damage. The project aims to improve ....more The funding will be used to plant 8000 new trees to restore the decimated woodland Starling Wood at Beacon Fell a woodland that had to be felled due to major storm damage. The project aims to improve the local environment contribute to the climate agenda and provide a relaxing place for the community to walk to improve their health and wellbeing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHARLES ROWLAND Appointed: 2014

DANIEL JAMES CORCORAN Appointed: 2021

EDWARD HARDAKER Appointed: 2013

GREGORY JOSEPH MCMAHON Appointed: 2023

JANE CARROLL Appointed: 2011

JOHN SIMON LAWSON Appointed: 2021

JONATHAN BELCHAM Appointed: 2017

PETER METCALFE FCA Appointed: 2017

JONATHAN COMYN-PLATT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeships: CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST, THE SHOLVER MILLENNIUM GREEN TRUST, SHOLVER AND MOORSIDE COMMUNITY TEAM,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2003, number: 1096422

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 125 days late, AR04: 27 days late,

Main office

CHADDERTON COURT
451 MIDDLETON ROADT
CHADDERTON
OLDHAM
OL9 9LB

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL DISTRESS OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS IN MEMORY OF THEIR LOVED ONES.(B) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY THE CREATION OF SUCH FORESTS AND GARDENS.(C) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING INTERNATIONALLY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND/OR EQUIPMENT TO OTHER CHARITIES, HOSPITALS AND HOSPICES PROVIDED THAT IN SO DOING THE TRUST SHALL NOT RELIEVE ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY, RELEVANT HEALTH SERVICE TRUST OR OTHER BODY OF ANY STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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