Valley Life Trust

Analysis

Valley Life Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05648030). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Valley Life Trust reported income of £455k and spending of £454k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £246k to £455k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Valley Life Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Highlife Centre Ltd (£454k), Here for Good Collective (£455k) and Emmaus Leicestershire and Rutland (£454k).