Helping Lives

Analysis

Helping Lives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Helping Lives reported income of £13k and spending of £1,310, leaving 90% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £50 to £13k (+25098%), an average of +298% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 24858%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Helping Lives sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grimsdale Charitable Trust (£13k), Hawksbee Charitable Trust (£13k) and The Sarah D'avigdor-Goldsmid Charitable Trust (£13k).