LIFE 2009
Registered charity 1128355 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC041329 (OSCR)
Life is a UK Pregnancy support charity:Creating a world where no one faces pregnancy or pregnancy loss alone. Through our services, we help more than 45,000 people each year to meet pregnancy or pregnancy loss with courage and dignity so they can flourish. Our services include a freephone Helpline, housing and community support , free practical support, and crafting educational content.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The document provided is a management representation letter addressed to the auditors, confirming that financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material misstatements or known fraud. It does not contain specific financial data regarding reserves, income, or expenditure to assess the charity's financial health.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by TC Group Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Life (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- AMOAKO-ADOFO, Carol — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
- BOUVENG, Kerstin Rebecca — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
- HEYMAN, Godfrey Henry Bernard — director, appointed 15/03/2025on trustee list
- FOLEY, Martin Patrick — director, appointed 13/05/2023on trustee list
- NEEP, Eleftheria Chrysovalantou — director, appointed 13/05/2023on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
7 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.
CQC provider record: LIFE 2009 — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.8m
Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 49.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/01/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Carol Amoako-Adofo
- Eileen Anne Maher
- Eleftheria Chrysovalantou Neep
- Godfrey Henry Bernard Heyman
- Kerstin Rebecca Bouveng
- MARTIN FOLEY
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LIFE 2009 financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The document provided is a management representation letter addressed to the auditors, confirming that financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material misstatements or known fraud. It does not contain specific financial data regarding reserves, income, or expenditure to assess the charity's financial health. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group Limited.
Who funds LIFE 2009?
Funders whose own accounts filings name LIFE 2009 as a grant recipient include THE SHANLY FOUNDATION, THE DROMINTEE TRUST, THE SILVER LADY FUND INCORPORATING THE ALL NIGHT TRAVELLING CAFE, THE BOLTINI TRUST, FRIARSGATE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
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Side by side with its peers
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