Shared Lives Plus Limited

Analysis

Shared Lives Plus Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04511426). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shared Lives Plus Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.5m (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shared Lives Plus Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Monastery of St Francis Gorton Trust Ltd (£1.5m), The D'oyly Carte Charitable Trust (£1.5m) and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £377k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.