Lives Not Knives

Analysis

Lives Not Knives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North End. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lives Not Knives reported income of £245k and spending of £353k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £484k to £245k (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lives Not Knives sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Omega – Ending Isolation, Ending Loneliness Ltd (£245k), The Robert Grace Trust (£245k) and Caring Hair (£245k).