Community Lives Matter

Analysis

Community Lives Matter is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ormskirk. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Community Lives Matter reported income of £91k and spending of £73k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £91k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Community Lives Matter sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Down's Syndrome North East (£91k), Swap (Safe Welcome After Prison) (£91k) and The Field Family Charitable Trust (£91k).