Turning Lives Around Ltd

Analysis

Turning Lives Around Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in July 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01790817). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Turning Lives Around Ltd reported income of £8.4m and spending of £7.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.7m to £8.4m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Turning Lives Around Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St John's Hospice North Lancashire and South Lakes (£8.4m), St Wilfrid's Hospice (Eastbourne) (£8.5m) and The Company of Biologists (£8.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 133 people.