A Gift to Lift

Analysis

A Gift to Lift is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hinckley. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09398265). It says it provides other finance and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending January 2026, A Gift to Lift reported income of £45k and spending of £40k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £36k to £45k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, A Gift to Lift sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oasis Project (The Gambia) (£45k), Life Centre Stourbridge (£45k) and Samaritans of Leatherhead, Epsom and Dorking (£45k).