LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATION

Registered charity 1136839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIFELINES

VOLUNTEERING AND TEACHING IN RURAL INDIA, FUND RAISING TO SPONSOR EDUCATION PROJECTS, SUPPORTING THE ACTIVITIES OF LOCAL CHARITIES IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR, MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES IN UK AND WORLDWIDE

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG PEOPLE IN INDIA, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS.(2) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 21 LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION

Area of benefit: THE UK

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,485,911, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure of £46,418 for the year, driven by charitable grants and operational costs that outpaced incoming donations. The auditors confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lubbock Fine LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lifelines International Fund for Education (LIFE) (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Mayor of London’s Shared Endeavour Fund — “Co-funded by Lifelines International and the Mayor of London’s Shared Endeavour Fund, the Future Leaders Programme is a year-long free, accr…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £4.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~122.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RUPIN VADERAchair
• DARPAN PATEL
• MADHAVI VADERA
• PIA MANDUS
• VANDANA SHAH

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

Operates in: Hillingdon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES.

• LIFELINE GLOBAL MINISTRIES income £48k
• LIFELINE CHURCH income £1.2m
• LIFELINE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL income £160k
• INTERNATIONAL NEEDS UK income £992k
• LIFELINE COMMUNITY ACTION income £742k
• LIFE LINE UK income £33k

Side by side with its peers

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