Changing Lives Centre

Analysis

Changing Lives Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Changing Lives Centre reported income of £17k and spending of £14k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £21k to £17k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Changing Lives Centre sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Emerson Trust (£17k), Robinson's Educational Foundation (£17k) and Middlemore Educational Foundation (£17k).