Changing Lives Didcot

Analysis

Changing Lives Didcot is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Changing Lives Didcot reported income of £172k and spending of £201k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £161k to £172k (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Changing Lives Didcot sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Lutterworth and District (£172k), The Discworld Foundation (£173k) and The Dixie Rose Findlay Charitable Trust (£171k).