LIFESHARE LIMITED
Registered charity 1042500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIFESHARE
Our Crisis Assessment Referral Diversity Service provides personal development intervention to people in Manchester age 16-25 at risk or facing homelessness or exploitation.Our weekend breakfast drop in and monthly wellbeing drop-in also provide clothes for adults in need.Our Christmas day shelter project provides free food, company and entertainment for adults in need over the holiday period.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £246,190 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £266,082. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to cover approximately 10 months of unrestricted charitable expenditure, although this is below their stated policy target of 10 months of expenditure. The charity operates an auto-enrolment pension scheme with no defined-benefit deficit and is subject to independent examination rather than audit.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: approximately 10 months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £266k)
“The trustees aim to establish free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately 10 months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lifeshare Ltd (matched by registered charity number).
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~12.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Matthew Johnsonchair
- Dr Jahan Hussain
- Jane Carroll
- Lisa Watson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Manchester City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LIFESHARE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £246,190 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £266,082. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to cover approximately 10 months of unrestricted charitable expenditure, although this is below their stated policy target of 10 months of expenditure. The charity operates an auto-enrolment pension scheme with no defined-benefit deficit and is subject to independent examination rather than audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds LIFESHARE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LIFESHARE LIMITED as a grant recipient include NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, WESTCOMBE FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE MOULDING FOUNDATION, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.
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