Palace for Life Foundation

Analysis

Palace for Life Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06664142). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Palace for Life Foundation reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £3.3m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Palace for Life Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dys Space Limited (£3.3m), The Chandris Foundation (£3.3m) and Pennine Camphill Community (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 11% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 111 people.