Chance Changing Lives

Analysis

Chance Changing Lives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Chance Changing Lives reported income of £202k and spending of £162k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £140k to £202k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chance Changing Lives sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Lancaster (£201k), Living Word Church (£202k) and Harvest Fields Homes (£201k).