Life Discovery

Analysis

Life Discovery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Life Discovery reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £20k to £11k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Life Discovery sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The T W Greeves Trust (£11k), Shiloh Apostolic Church Landmark (£11k) and Affirming Catholicism (£11k).

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.