Building Lives (UK) Limited

Analysis

Building Lives (UK) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08120399). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Building Lives (UK) Limited reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income grew from £6,065 to £15k (+144%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 393%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Building Lives (UK) Limited sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barford Relief in Need Charity (£15k), Umuchu Community Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (£15k) and Brighter Start (£15k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.