FULL OF LIFE

Registered charity 1125525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA TO RELIEVE NEED, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR SUCH PERSONS AND FOR SUCH IMMEDIATE MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA TO RELIEVE NEED, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR SUCH PERSONS AND FOR SUCH IMMEDIATE MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £89,204 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £1,809,993. The accounts state that the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd. Discloses 4 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)

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

  • Government income: £351,049 — contracts £351,049 (8); 32% of the £1,096,854 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

  • Government income: £278,489 — contracts £278,489 (3); 26% of the £1,059,382 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

  • Government income: £602,729 — contracts £602,729 (6); 60% of the £1,002,997 total gross income on the same return

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

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Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£746k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2024£1.1m£941k
31/03/2023£1.0m£834k
31/03/2022£975k£813k
31/03/2021£830k£741k

Common questions

Is FULL OF LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £89,204 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £1,809,993. The accounts state that the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd.

Who funds FULL OF LIFE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FULL OF LIFE as a grant recipient include THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2025£20kReducing Education Inequalities portfolio
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2024£16kReducing Education Inequalities portfolio
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kChildren and young people

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 NEW LIFE LONDON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FULL OF LIFE£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE LONDON FY2025£70k—0above—no doubt
PALACE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION FY2025£3.3m£100,001 - £110,0005above—no doubt
KIDS-IN-ACTION FY2025£443k—0above—no doubt
CHILDREN TODAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£278k—0unclear—noted
PURPOSE OF LIFE FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt

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