Change a Child's Life

Analysis

Change a Child's Life is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in April 2010, 16 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. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Change a Child's Life reported income of £80k and spending of £88k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £61k to £80k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Change a Child's Life sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ellesmere Community Care Centre League of Friends (£80k), UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation (£80k) and The Calm Trust (£80k).