Supporting Lives

Analysis

Supporting Lives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in April 2021, 5 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Supporting Lives reported income of £134k and spending of £215k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £134k (+413%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 638%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Supporting Lives sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vision of Adventure (£134k), Research SMA (£134k) and CMT United Kingdom (£134k).