Alive Activities Limited

Analysis

Alive Activities Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06989308). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Alive Activities Limited reported income of £747k and spending of £616k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £558k to £747k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Alive Activities Limited sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Recoop (£747k), The Central Gifts Committee of the Churches of God (£747k) and Shropshire Mental Health Support (£747k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67%, charitable activities 31% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £163k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.