Lifelines International Fund for Education

Analysis

Lifelines International Fund for Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06792434). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lifelines International Fund for Education reported income of £589k and spending of £636k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £310k to £589k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lifelines International Fund for Education sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haaya Foundation (£589k), Equity Charitable Trust (£590k) and Ealing Law Centre (£589k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £226k. Reserves of £6.5m would cover about 120 months of spending at that rate.