Living Streets (The Pedestrians Association)

Analysis

Living Streets (The Pedestrians Association) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05368409). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Living Streets (The Pedestrians Association) reported income of £6.0m and spending of £5.6m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to March 2025, income fell from £6.5m to £6.0m (-7.2%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Living Streets (The Pedestrians Association) sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Anglia Care Trust (£6.0m), Together for Short Lives (£6.0m) and The Advocacy People (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, trading 6.8% and donations and legacies 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £726. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Reserves of £788k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 85 people.