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Lifeworks Charity Limited

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Lifeworks Charity Limited is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, disability, accommodation/housing.

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What are the key facts about Lifeworks Charity Limited?

Reported income · year ending 2025-08-31
£2,479,606
Reported spending · year ending 2025-08-31
£2,084,882
Registered charity number
1054167
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Lescaze Offices Room 33
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Lifeworks Charity Limited (number 1054167) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Lifeworks Charity Limited do?

Lifeworks focuses on the needs of children with learning disabilities and their families, providing them with new opportunities that will lead to full, rewarding and active lives through the delivery of specialist further education, informal individualised learning programmes promoting independence and social skills, social care, short breaks and recreational projects.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Lifeworks Charity Limited

Answers Lifeworks Charity Limited gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 August 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Lifeworks Charity Limited's highest-paid staff paid?

Lifeworks Charity Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£80,001–£90,0001
£60,001–£70,0001

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Lifeworks Charity Limited's money come from?

Lifeworks Charity Limited reported £2.5m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £2.2m (88%), donations and legacies £261k (11%), investments £26k (1%).

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£2.2m · 88%
  • Donations and legacies£261k · 11%
  • Investments£26k · 1%

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Lifeworks Charity Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Lifeworks Charity Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
03177139 (Companies House)
Also known as
Bidwell Brook Foundation; Lifeworks; Robins; The Kool Club
Previous names on the register
The Bidwell Brook Foundation Limited
Where it says it operates
Cornwall · Devon · Torbay

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; People With Disabilities.

Reported activities: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Lifeworks Charity Limited registered for?

Education/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Why is there no Clarity Score for Lifeworks Charity Limited yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Lifeworks Charity Limited. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Lifeworks Charity Limited a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Lifeworks Charity Limited as a registered charity (number 1054167) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Lifeworks Charity Limited's charity number?
Lifeworks Charity Limited's charity number is 1054167. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1054167?
Search 1054167 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Lifeworks Charity Limited do?
Lifeworks focuses on the needs of children with learning disabilities and their families, providing them with new opportunities that will lead to full, rewarding and active lives through the delivery of specialist further education, informal individualised learning programmes promoting independence and social skills, social care, short breaks and recreational projects.
Does Lifeworks Charity Limited have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Lifeworks Charity Limited. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Lifeworks Charity Limited?
Lifeworks Charity Limited's website listed in our register data is http://www.lifeworks-uk.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Lifeworks Charity Limited's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Lifeworks Charity Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Lifeworks Charity Limited's money come from?
Lifeworks Charity Limited reported £2.5m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £2.2m (88%), donations and legacies £261k (11%), investments £26k (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Lifeworks Charity Limited?
The register records Lifeworks Charity Limited as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Lifeworks Charity Limited's trustees paid?
Lifeworks Charity Limited's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Lifeworks Charity Limited previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Lifeworks Charity Limited: The Bidwell Brook Foundation Limited.
When was Lifeworks Charity Limited registered as a charity?
Lifeworks Charity Limited was entered on the register on 29 March 1996. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03177139).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.