Shattered Lives

Analysis

Shattered Lives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in England. It was registered in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Shattered Lives reported income of £25k and spending of £23k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,650 to £25k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shattered Lives sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ghana Methodist Church,UK (£25k), Abbey Chapel (£25k) and Helping Hands of Birmingham (£25k).