JUSTLIFE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1140822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Justlife exists to peoples stay in homeless temporary accommodation short safe and healthy. We work nationally to support and influence the improvement of temporary accommodation and our services in Greater Manchester and Brighton and Hove regions meet the needs of those living in temporary accommodation.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 27% to £1.9M, while expenditure decreased by 1.5%, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free reserves have increased to £140K, which the trustees report sits within their stated policy range of £100K to £200K, indicating a return to a stable financial position after previous concerns.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Third Sector Accountancy Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £100k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Steellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amy Rebekah Sheehan Daly
• Francesca Albanese
• HELEN JOANNE EVANS
• Hilary Burkitt
• Jack Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicolas Alexander Ulrich WYKEMAN
• Thomas Neumark Jones

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · Manchester City · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JUST 1 LIFE LIMITED.

• JUST 1 LIFE LIMITED income £144k
• JUST FINANCE FOUNDATION income £437k
• HOUSING JUSTICE income £3.0m
• JUST HOMES CHARITY income £1.9m
• 'JUST LOVE' income £387k
• JUSTICE income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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