Lifeline Community Action

Analysis

Lifeline Community Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Lifeline Community Action reported income of £742k and spending of £553k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £100k to £742k (+644%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 258%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lifeline Community Action sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Step Development Trust (£741k), Sassov Beis Hamedrash (£742k) and Catford & Bromley Synagogue Trust (£740k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and trading 3.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £241k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.