Changing Lives Charity

Analysis

Changing Lives Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Somerset. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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 09517906). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Changing Lives Charity reported income of £757k and spending of £710k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £574k to £757k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Changing Lives Charity sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Care of Police Survivors (£757k), The Hive Portsmouth (£759k) and Derbyshire Mind (£757k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 65%, charitable activities 24% and donations and legacies 11%. Charitable activities took 50% of spending and raising funds 50%. Reserves of £89k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.