Lifeline Romania with Chesterfords Aid

Analysis

Lifeline Romania with Chesterfords Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lifeline Romania with Chesterfords Aid reported income of £13k and spending of £19k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £13k (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 260%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lifeline Romania with Chesterfords Aid sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mistra Trust (£13k), Friends of Dorking Community Hospital (Supporting Local Health Care) (£13k) and Yashfeen Trust (UK) (£13k).