No Limits (South)

Analysis

No Limits (South) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04183173). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, No Limits (South) reported income of £4.7m and spending of £4.0m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £4.7m (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, No Limits (South) sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tlc: Talk, Listen, Change (£4.7m), Four Paws (£4.7m) and Clatterbridge Cancer Charity (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 27%, investments 1.6% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 122 people.