The Right to Life Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Right to Life Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Right to Life Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £679k to £1.2m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Right to Life Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service (£1.2m), Northern College of Acupuncture (£1.2m) and Your Voice in Health and Social Care (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £13k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.