Restart Lives

Analysis

Restart Lives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06807567). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Restart Lives reported income of £315k and spending of £314k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £133k to £315k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Restart Lives sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harrow Mission (£315k), The Zoom Zoom Trust (£316k) and Sounddelivery Media (£314k).