Community Lives Consortium

Analysis

Community Lives Consortium is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09442336). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Lives Consortium reported income of £16.6m and spending of £16.1m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13.2m to £16.6m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Community Lives Consortium sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Christopher's Fellowship (£16.3m), Response Organisation (£17.6m) and Ursuline Sisters Brentwood CIO (£16.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £917k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 448 people.