Lessons for Life

Analysis

Lessons for Life is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lessons for Life reported income of £20k and spending of £18k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £19k to £20k (+5.7%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lessons for Life sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Micklands Parent Teacher Association (£20k), Jonathan Scott Foundation (£20k) and Crondall Primary School Foundation (£20k).