# LIVABILITY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1116530
- **Other names:** GROOMS - SHAFTESBURY, JOHN GROOMS, LIVABILITY, SHAFTESBURY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 30, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1116530


## Contact

- **Address:** Coburg House, 1 Coburg St, Gateshead
- **Postcode:** NE8 1NS
- **Phone:** 0191 300 9970
- **Email:** info@shaftesburygroup.org
- **Website:** shaftesburygroup.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO ASSIST OR EDUCATE ANY PERSON IN CHARITABLE NEED, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DISABLED PERSON AND THE PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND CARERS OF SUCH PEOPLE BY WHATEVER MEANS; AND3.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, SUPPORT, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS, OTHER CHRISTIAN GROUPINGS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS SEEKING TO ALLEVIATE CHARITABLE NEEDS,IN EACH CASE IN A MANNER WHICH AUTHENTICATES THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS MORAL PRINCIPLES IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS 'CHRISTIAN FAITH' MEANS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS REVEALED AND EXPRESSED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

**Activities:** Livability is the disability charity committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.  Every day, we deliver a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services to over 1,000 people who are at the heart of everything we do.  Our Christian ethos is why we were founded in 1844 and it's why we still exist today.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £66413000 | £61157000 | £42449000 | 1086 |
| March 31, 2024 | £58370000 | £58839000 | £41071000 | 1029 |
| March 31, 2023 | £49843000 | £54131000 | £41192000 | 1240 |
| March 31, 2022 | £53516000 | £50287000 | £47289000 | 1374 |
| March 31, 2021 | £46138000 | £48433000 | £33154000 | 1560 |



## Trustees

- ANDREW WILSON — appointed March 21, 2018
- Canon Susan Johns — appointed Jan. 16, 2020
- DUNCAN INGRAM — appointed April 15, 2022
- John Weaving — appointed Jan. 16, 2020
- Lisa Quinlan-Rahman — appointed June 22, 2022
- Peter Woodall — appointed Jan. 16, 2020
- Rt Revd Richard Frith — appointed April 15, 2022
- Tom O'Connor — appointed April 15, 2022