LIFT UK

Registered charity 1147360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEARNING INITIATIVES IN FORGOTTEN TERRITORIES, LIFT, LIFT (LEARNING INITIATIVES IN FORGOTTEN TERRITORIES)

LIFT UK fundraises and accepts donations in order to provide monies via a grant application to selected overseas projects. The overseas projects report regularly to LIFT in order to ensure correct usage of funds.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£181k

Latest spending

£189k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £137,499 to £145,724 during the period, supported by higher interest rates and steady fundraising. The trustees deem the current reserves sufficient to service ongoing grant systems and manage rising costs in Uganda.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER WOODMANchair · trustee of 2 other charities
RICHARD MICHAEL ANDREW WOOLLEY
ROBERT ANDREW CARTER
Susan Barty

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£181k	£189k
31/12/2023	£202k	£227k
31/12/2022	£165k	£194k
31/12/2021	£162k	£125k
31/12/2020	£100k	£87k

Common questions

Is LIFT UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £137,499 to £145,724 during the period, supported by higher interest rates and steady fundraising. The trustees deem the current reserves sufficient to service ongoing grant systems and manage rising costs in Uganda.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
NPT Transatlantic Limited	1	£30.9m
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited	1	£14.8m
BREAKTHROUGH FOUNDATION	1	£2.0m
THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£100k
B K CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k
THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION	1	£50k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	1	£31k
SMALLWOOD TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited.

National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited income £225.4m
GOFUNDME.ORG.UK income £227k
UK GIVES LTD income £1.5m
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation income £181.2m
UK FUND FOR CHARITIES income £4.6m
LIFTED income £188k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LIFT UK	£181k	—	above	—	no doubt
National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited FY2025	£225.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GOFUNDME.ORG.UK FY2025	£227k	—	above	—	no doubt
UK GIVES LTD FY2025	£1.5m	—	above	—	no doubt
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation FY2024	£181.2m	—	below	—	no doubt
UK FUND FOR CHARITIES FY2025	£4.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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