Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles

Analysis

Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04624607). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles reported income of £8.6m and spending of £10.2m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17.3m to £8.6m (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include University Hospitals of North Midlands Charity (£8.6m), Aquarius Action Projects (£8.6m) and The Relay Trust (£8.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 178 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.