Changing Lives in Chongwe District

Analysis

Changing Lives in Chongwe District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wotton-Under-Edge. It was registered in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Changing Lives in Chongwe District reported income of £40k and spending of £21k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £13k to £40k (+217%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Changing Lives in Chongwe District sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kashmiri and African Deaf Children's' Trust (£40k), Peter Curzon Oram Charitable Trust (£40k) and The Mount Church Cardiff (£40k).