Give US a Lift

Analysis

Give US a Lift is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05898517). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Give US a Lift reported income of £106k and spending of £113k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,887 to £106k (+5505%), an average of +174% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 4987%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Give US a Lift sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harlow Stroke Support, Rehab Centre (£106k), Young People's Wellbeing Service Ltd (£106k) and The Soho Recovery Centre (£106k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.