LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS

Registered charity 1096422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FOREST AND GARDENS

Plants trees in memory of people and/or events.Operates throughout the United Kingdom.Makes donations out of the funds generated to other health related charities,including Hospices,Medical Research etc.

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Latest income
£426k
Latest spending
£406k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £422,728 and total resources expended were £422,718, resulting in a net movement in funds of £2,848. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, and the charity reports being in a strong financial position.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months’ expenditure (held: £261k)
“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months’ expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£510k
Total spending
£423k
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£150k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£426k£406k
31/03/2024£423k£423k
31/03/2023£406k£396k
31/03/2022£510k£423k
31/03/2021£343k£324k

Common questions

Is LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources were £422,728 and total resources expended were £422,718, resulting in a net movement in funds of £2,848. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, and the charity reports being in a strong financial position. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£10kStarling Wood Community Woodland

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS£426k—0unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION FY2024£1.4m—0above8.2%no doubt
WILL WOODLANDS FY2025£602k—0above—no doubt
PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL-THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY FY2025£8.1m——below11.9%no doubt
GARDENS OF PEACE MUSLIM CEMETERY FY2024£6.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ARBORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.7min excess of £70,0001unclear—material uncertainty

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