Inner City Life

Analysis

Inner City Life is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10715059). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Inner City Life reported income of £434k and spending of £420k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £103k to £434k (+320%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 357%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Inner City Life sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The York Diocesan Ministers' Relief (2009) Fund (£433k), Carousel Project (£434k) and Bromley Homeless (£433k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.