Listen to Act

Analysis

Listen to Act is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08548208). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Listen to Act reported income of £288k and spending of £330k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £498k to £288k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Listen to Act sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mother and Child Welfare Organisation (£288k), The Melanie White Foundation Limited (£288k) and Play it Forward (£287k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.