RECLAIM LIFE

Registered charity 1138735 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LIFE COACHING TO THE EMOTIONALLY DISTRESSED

Objects

TO RELIEVE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FREE COUNSELLING, EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE IN AND AROUND BEDFORDSHIRE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Area of benefit: BEDFORDSHIRE

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£64k
Latest spending
£72k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Reclaim Life reported a deficit of £8,243 for the year ending May 2025, compared to a deficit of £12,014 in the prior year. Per the statement of financial position, unrestricted funds decreased from £40,916 to £32,673, while the charity maintained a bank balance of £17,591 and held no pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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)

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 30/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 36
  • Government income: £7,700 — grants £7,700 (3); 12% of the £64,138 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £1,800 — grants £1,800 (1); 4% of the £45,833 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 30

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/05/2025£64k£72k
30/05/2024£46k£58k
30/05/2023£73k£55k
30/05/2022£31k£23k
30/05/2021£24k£15k

Common questions

Is RECLAIM LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Reclaim Life reported a deficit of £8,243 for the year ending May 2025, compared to a deficit of £12,014 in the prior year. Per the statement of financial position, unrestricted funds decreased from £40,916 to £32,673, while the charity maintained a bank balance of £17,591 and held no pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RECLAIM LIFE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RECLAIM LIFE as a grant recipient include MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MRS B L ROBINSON'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2015£10kTo train more volunteers to provide free therapeutic coaching (cont..)
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2013£10kFree therapeutic coaching for the emotionally distressed
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2010£10kFree life coaching for the emotionally stressed

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 LIFE CHILD FOUNDATION UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RECLAIM LIFE£64k—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE CHILD FOUNDATION UK FY2025£76k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RIGHT TO LIFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.2m£70,001 - £80,000—unclear—no doubt
RECYCLING LIVES CHARITY FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
LIFE CENTRE FY2025£835k—0unclear—no doubt
REVITALISE RESPITE HOLIDAYS FY2025£8.3m——unclear—no doubt

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