DAILY LIFE LIMITED

Registered charity 1058787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOBBY BAKER'S DAILY LIFE

Daily Life Ltd is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation led by artist Bobby Baker. Daily Life Ltd aims to investigate and celebrate daily life and its limitations, promoting the abilities of people with lived experience of mental distress through the arts, collaborative research and diverse participation.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MUSIC, SINGING, LITERATURE, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£261k

Latest spending

£291k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £29,728 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £39,032, which is below the trustees' stated optimum target of £70,700. The trustees acknowledge that financial sustainability remains the greatest risk and note the charity's dependency on continued support from grant-aiding bodies.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £70,700 (held: £39k)

“The optimum level of Reserves is therefore £70,700.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity is dependent on the continued support of grant aiding bodies. The Trustees believe that the charity will continue to receive this support and accordingly consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03057742

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Arts Council England — “Daily Life Ltd. is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

PORTER, Eleanor — director, appointed 26/11/2024not on trustee list
ZARZA, Clara, Dr — director, appointed 26/11/2024not on trustee list
ALLEYNE, Suzanne — director, appointed 03/06/2020on trustee list
BOOKER, Sharon Malika — director, appointed 03/06/2020on trustee list
ROBERTS, Anthony Charles — director, appointed 25/09/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Roberts
Christoper Andrew Green
Rehaab Daud
Riah Jocelyn Charles
Sharon Malika Booker
Suzanne Alleyne

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£261k	£291k
31/03/2024	£432k	£385k
31/03/2023	£133k	£153k
31/03/2022	£203k	£156k
31/03/2021	£114k	£101k

Common questions

Is DAILY LIFE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £29,728 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £39,032, which is below the trustees' stated optimum target of £70,700. The trustees acknowledge that financial sustainability remains the greatest risk and note the charity's dependency on continued support from grant-aiding bodies. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	29/09/2023	£13k	Project Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2023	£10k	EPIC DOMESTIC
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/09/2023	£10k	"EPIC DOMESTIC"
UK government	13/10/2022	£113k	National Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/06/2014	£8k	Daily Life: The Expert View

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	2	£300k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	2	£220k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£524k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£276k
RONTADES LIMITED	1	£250k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£139k
UOHC SUPERVISION LTD	1	£134k
THE EQ FOUNDATION	1	£128k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LIFE AND SOUL KITCHEN LTD.

THE LIFE AND SOUL KITCHEN LTD income £143k
ORDINARY LIFESTYLES income £3.3m
LOW COST LIVING LIMITED income £7.8m
SHARED LIVES PLUS LIMITED income £1.5m
MY LIFE FILMS LIMITED income £236k
LIFEWORKS CHARITY LIMITED income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DAILY LIFE LIMITED	£261k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE LIFE AND SOUL KITCHEN LTD FY2025	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ORDINARY LIFESTYLES FY2025	£3.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LOW COST LIVING LIMITED FY2025	£7.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHARED LIVES PLUS LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
MY LIFE FILMS LIMITED FY2025	£236k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.