# PLATFORM FOR LIFE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1176429
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 2017
- **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=1176429


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit 8, Parade Enterprise Centre, 14 The Parade, Blacon, Chester
- **Postcode:** CH1 5HN
- **Phone:** 07752 219806
- **Email:** info@platformforlife.org.uk
- **Website:** www.platformforlife.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PARENTS, PARENTS-TO-BE AND CARERS WHO EXPERIENCE INDIVIDUAL, SOCIETAL, ECONOMIC OR RELATIONSHIP PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING TO ENABLE THEM TO PROVIDE SAFE, SECURE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.TO ENABLE THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FAMILIES WHERE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESSES COULD BE IMPAIRING THEIR NORMAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY THE PROVISION OF PLAY THERAPY AND COUNSELLING.

**Activities:** We specialise in counselling (psychotherapy) and other support to adults and children who are experiencing multiple challenges in their lives and who have difficulty accessing other counselling services.  We work with a) parents, parents-to-be and carers, families and parent-child relationships, couples and children.  We work from the heart of deprived neighbourhoods in the Chester area.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cheshire West & Chester



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £376606 | £456381 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £386218 | £372046 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £314930 | £316687 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £215326 | £246351 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £240039 | £176135 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Alan Sieber — appointed Oct. 4, 2022
- Andrew Kerr — appointed Jan. 20, 2021
- Ann Gill — appointed Nov. 4, 2020
- Carol Jones — appointed Oct. 12, 2021
- Ceri George — appointed May 20, 2025
- Emma Price — appointed Nov. 4, 2020
- Ian Minshall — appointed July 10, 2024
- Jeannie France - Hayhurst — appointed Nov. 11, 2025
- Josephine Hinnigan — appointed May 18, 2022
- Katherine Ferdenzi — appointed July 10, 2024
- Susan Taylor — appointed May 19, 2021
- susan Vonleduber — appointed Nov. 11, 2025