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Lifelines

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1168273
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed April 14, 2026. Filing history
Registered
July 18, 2016
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
10 Springfield Terrace
Guiseley
Leeds
LS20 9AW

Activities

Promotes friendship by writing to those awaiting execution in the USA by providing advice and information about the issues likely to arise when writing; a publication that allows people to hear the voice of those on death row; and conferences that include speakers with personal experience of the justice system, death row, and the impact of violent crime on all those who are affected.

Objects: 3. Object The object of the CIO isFor the public benefit, to promote the relief of suffering and distress to those persons who are awaiting execution in any state of the USA by the promotion of friendship by letter writing to such people, in particular but not exclusively by providing:(1) advice and information about the issues likely to arise when writing to people on death row;(2) one to one advice and information on making the initial contact with a specific person in the US on death row who has requested friendship, and for the life of the friendship and beyond, in particular when the sentence of death is likely to be carried out;(3) a quarterly publication that allows people to hear the voice of those on death row and deepens their understanding of the US justice system, and the death penalty in particular;(4) advice and assistance to make informed choices about giving financial and other types of support to people on death row;(5) conferences that include speakers with personal experience of the justice system, death row, and the impact of violent crime on all those who are affected, with an opportunity to exchange experience and knowledge with other writers.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training
Who
Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
June 30, 2025 April 14, 2026On time £23,176 £20,183
June 30, 2024 April 25, 2025On time £26,333 £21,375
June 30, 2023 May 21, 202421 days late £25,607 £24,227
June 30, 2022 April 19, 2023On time £28,965 £23,453
June 30, 2021 March 25, 2022On time £31,074 £20,446

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrea Leigh Woodside Oct. 12, 2004
Carole Elizabeth Butcher July 18, 2016
Deborah Murphy Oct. 7, 2023
Edmund Faraday Conybeare Oct. 9, 2021
James Ian Mason July 23, 2018
Patrick Francis Ballin Oct. 5, 2019
Rachael Martin Sept. 12, 2024
Susan Elizabeth Drysdale Oct. 3, 2020
Tim Donovan Oct. 11, 2025