Choose Life the Prisoners Initiative

Analysis

Choose Life the Prisoners Initiative is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bootle. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Choose Life the Prisoners Initiative reported income of £97k and spending of £110k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £87k to £97k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Choose Life the Prisoners Initiative sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Spectacle Makers' Charity (£97k), Cheriton Baptist Church (£97k) and Poynton Youth and Community Centre (£97k).

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.