Big Life Services
Registered charity 1062333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIG LIFE CENTRES, CHRC, COMMUNITY HEALTH & RESOURCE CENTRES LTD
To promote and provide initiatives to advance well being. It is a charity which offers opportunities to people who have had a raw deal in life, to change their lives for the better.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £20,945 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £11,740,115 and expenditure of £11,761,060. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £3,070,588, though free reserves were significantly below the stated policy target of £973k. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the going concern status.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3.1m; policy: one months’ salary levels and one month’s non-pay expenditure (excluding non- cash items))
“The current target level of reserves based on 2024/25 costs is £973k and the actual level of free reserves at 31 March 2025 was £62k (2024 - £233k).” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: E. Robinson received £8,000 remuneration from The Big Life Company Limited for her role as chair.
“During the year remuneration of £8,000 (2024: £8,000) was paid to E. Robinson, a trustee, by The Big Life Company Limited for her role as chair of The Big Life Company Limited.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Big Life Services (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Fay Selvan — CEO (source)
- Edna Robinson — Chair (source)
- Liam Symonds — Director (source)
- Caroline Price — Director (source)
- Ed Gale — Director (source)
- Andrew Rafferty — Director (source)
- Keith Smith — CEO (source)
- Roli Barker — Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Manchester City · Rochdale · Salford City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Big Life Services financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £20,945 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £11,740,115 and expenditure of £11,761,060. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £3,070,588, though free reserves were significantly below the stated policy target of £973k. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.
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