LIFECRAFT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 25 August 2021
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £475,082
Latest expenditure: £577,634
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: THE BATH HOUSE, GWYDIR STREET, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 2LW

Website recorded by the regulator: www.lifecraft.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We offer a wide range of free mental health services in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to help and support our members in their wellbeing and recovery, including creative activities, recovery groups, social activities and a counselling service. We provide services to the public: a suicide bereavement support service, Lifeline, a helpline that runs everyday and other phone-based support services.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 27 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 27 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £475,082
Total Gross Expenditure: £577,634

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £502,003
Total Gross Expenditure: £507,338

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 29 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £481,949
Total Gross Expenditure: £447,272

Fin Period Start Date: 25 August 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 19 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 25 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 27 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £475,082
Total Gross Expenditure: £577,634
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 439516
Income From Government Grants: £7,500
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 45

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £502,003
Total Gross Expenditure: £507,338
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 446396
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 45

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £481,949
Total Gross Expenditure: £447,272
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 5
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Contracts: 396225
Income From Government Grants: £66,405
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 60

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 25 August 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 19 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 26787
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 468326
Income Investments: 3075
Income Other: 3815
Income Total Income And Endowments: 502003
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £507,338
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 507338
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 169970
Expenditure Depreciation: 1599
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £189,162
Assets Total Fixed: 7468
Assets Own Use: 7468
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £280,493
Assets Total Liabilities: £21,282
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £266,679
Creditors One Year Total Current: 21282
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £249,469
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 246630
Funds Restricted: 20049
Funds Total: 266679
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Peterborough City
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: LIFECRAFT
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2025-11-06T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 4037121
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1122845
Assoc Charity Name: CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND MENTAL HEALTH

Charity Name: LIFECRAFT
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2025-01-24T00:00:00
Reason: Ceased to exist
Assoc Organisation Number: 1048144
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1048144
Assoc Charity Name: LIFECRAFT

Charity Name: LIFECRAFT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2021-08-25T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 25 Aug 2021 as amended on 06 Nov 2024
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF LIFECRAFT ARE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(1) A FORUM IN WHICH USERS AND EX-USERS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, OR THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SUCH ISSUES OR ILLNESS, CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER.(2) A SOURCE OF INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO USERS AND EX-USERS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, OR THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SUCH ISSUES OR ILLNESS, TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND MORE GENERALLY ALSO TO PROVIDE THIS TO THE BROADER PUBLIC, AND TO OTHER GROUPS, BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN THIS AREA.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management