Chernobyl Children's Lifeline

Analysis

Chernobyl Children's Lifeline is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alton. It was registered in September 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chernobyl Children's Lifeline reported income of £351k and spending of £475k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £467k to £351k (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chernobyl Children's Lifeline sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunbeams London Ltd (£351k), International College of Oriental Medicine (UK) Limited (£352k) and Real Aid (£351k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.