The Livewell Foundation

Analysis

The Livewell Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10524700). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Livewell Foundation reported income of £147k and spending of £221k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £198k to £147k (-26%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 134% 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, The Livewell Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fairfield Community Trust (£147k), Peter Samuel Charitable Trust (£148k) and The Howard Foundation (£147k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.