Lifebeat

Analysis

Lifebeat is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lutterworth. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06632229). It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lifebeat reported income of £126k and spending of £125k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £340k to £126k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lifebeat sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (£126k), The Cornwall County Federation of Women's Institutes (£126k) and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (£126k).