EDUCATE FOR LIFE

Registered charity 1114271 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide high quality community-led and evidence-based services which integrate education, healthcare and community change for the benefit of children and families of the Adivasi region around Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, with the aims of (1) creating enfranchised, happy and healthy communities locally and (2) sharing best practice with partners across India to enable wide-scale change.

Objects

The relief of poverty for the public benefit of indigenous Adivasi communities in southern Rajasthan, India by providing or assisting in the provision of education and healthcare services.The advancement of education for the public benefit of children and young people in southern Rajasthan by improving learning outcomes and strengthening life skills.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £23,712 against incoming resources of £26,344, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £56,819. The trustees state that £25,000 of these reserves represents approximately six months of anticipated expenditure, aligning with their stated reserves policy target. The accounts note that the dam project impacting the community is likely years away, with no major developments having taken place yet.

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: £57k; policy: approximately six months of anticipated expenditure)
“Of the reserves at 31 March 2025, £25,000 is towards the general reserve. This represents approximately 6 months of anticipated expenditure in line with our reserves policy.” — page 19
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Educate for Life (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£26k£48k
31/03/2024£41k£38k
31/03/2023£50k£41k
30/06/2022£93k£129k
30/06/2021£108k£81k

Common questions

Is EDUCATE FOR LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £23,712 against incoming resources of £26,344, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £56,819. The trustees state that £25,000 of these reserves represents approximately six months of anticipated expenditure, aligning with their stated reserves policy target. The accounts note that the dam project impacting the community is likely years away, with no major developments having taken place yet. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EDUCATE FOR LIFE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EDUCATE FOR LIFE as a grant recipient include ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, THE TULA TRUST LIMITED, THE RAINFORD TRUST, GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EDUCATE FOR LIFE£26k—0below—no doubt
EDUCATION FOR LIFE FY2026£256k—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION FOR HEALTH FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION TO IMPROVE FAMILY PLANNING FY2024£2.9m—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
Learn For Life FY2025£458k—0above—no doubt

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