Life 2009

Analysis

Life 2009 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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 06786752). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Life 2009 reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.7m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £3.6m (+6.9%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Life 2009 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewis-Manning Hospice Care (£3.6m), The Jane Hodge Foundation (£3.6m) and International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 43%, donations and legacies 34% and trading 23%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £511k. Charitable activities took 51% of spending and raising funds 49%. Reserves of £234k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 77 people.

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.