Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

LIFE 2009 

Life is a UK Pregnancy support charity:Creating a world where no one faces pregnancy or pregnancy loss alone. Through our services, we help more than 45,000 people each year to meet pregnancy or pregnancy loss with courage and dignity so they can flourish. Our services include a freephone Helpline, housing and community support , free practical support, and crafting educational content.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 15 years

www.lifecharity.org.uk

kerrysmart@lifecharity.org.uk

01926312272

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23?*£2,426£2,714£-288£955£1,597£9354.186204
30/06/22£3,616£3,745£-129£1,623£1,806£1,1143.688226
30/06/21£3,407£3,469£-62£1,260£1,686£1,1393.993235
30/06/20£3,538£3,537£0£1,211£1,724£1,2074.193320
30/06/19£3,411£3,457£-46£979£1,744£1,3104.589374
30/06/18£3,437£3,685£-247£1,127£1,791£1,4454.7940
30/06/17£3,087£3,664£-578£1,058£2,038£1,6975.6740
30/06/16£3,569£3,472£97£802£2,575£2,2497.8760
30/06/15£3,558£3,479£79£711£2,429£2,0367740
30/06/14£3,499£3,402£97£616£2,349£1,9927720
30/06/13£3,383£3,424£-41£465£2,215£1,8276.4700
30/06/12£3,396£3,042£354£320£2,258£1,7747680
30/06/11£3,523£3,427£96£254£1,914£1,5655.5760
30/06/10£5,470£3,733£1,738£211£1,777£1,4514.7820

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 56.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 35.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 59%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 86 employees
  • 204 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wates Foundation - Foundation Grant-Life 2009-13/09/2019
£20,000 10/09/2019
Training will be a mixture of one-to-one and group sessions with up to 5 tenants participating.
DCMS - Life Charity
£87,911 01/04/2019
The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.
DCMS - Life Charity
£90,908 01/04/2018
The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.
DCMS - Life Charity
£68,181 18/12/2017
The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls.
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Start, Brighter Future
£292,029 15/08/2012
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This is a continuation and expansion of a project which helps pregnant women from disadvantaged backgrounds to improve their lives and give their babies the best possible start in life. Many of the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/03/2009, number: 1128355
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/01/2009, number: 06786752
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR23: 14 days late,
Main office

4 Jephson Court
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV31 3RZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: 1.1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND OF UNSUPPORTED MOTHERS WITH ONE OR MORE INFANT CHILDREN AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING. 1.1.2 THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THAT OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AND POOR PERSONS, INCLUDING THE TREATMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN. 1.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO PREGNANCY AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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