NEW LIFE

Registered charity 1155084 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as New Life Babies · filing overdue (register status)

One in ten babies are born prematurely or require medical attention in the UK. Our charity fundraises and collects donations to improve the advancement of health in babies in special baby care units. This is done by providing equipment for those hospital units directly.We have helped many hospitals including Swindon, Reading, Yeovil, Bristol, Oxford, Nottingham and Basingstoke

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OF BABIES IN HOSPITAL SPECIAL CARE BABY UNITS IN THE UK BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES WHICH WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£271k
Latest spending
£155k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, with no material uncertainty identified. The trustees report that resources are adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future. No specific financial health metrics or reserves policies are explicitly detailed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 3 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 01/11/2024

  • Volunteers: 160

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/11/2023

  • Volunteers: 125

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 01/11/2022

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 01/11/2022 (received 20/12/2023, 110 days after the 01/09/2023 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/11/2025——
01/11/2024£271k£155k
01/11/2023£221k£203k
01/11/2022£182k£180k
01/11/2021£128k£101k

Common questions

Is NEW LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, with no material uncertainty identified. The trustees report that resources are adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future. No specific financial health metrics or reserves policies are explicitly detailed in the provided text. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by none.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORT FOR THE SICK NEWBORN AND THEIR PARENTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW LIFE£271k——unclear—no doubt
SUPPORT FOR THE SICK NEWBORN AND THEIR PARENTS FY2026£430k—0unclear—no doubt
TINY LIVES TRUST FY2025£853k——unclear—no doubt
NEWLIFE THE CHARITY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN FY2025£15.4m£180,001 - £190,000—above—no doubt
NEO ANGELS FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITTINGTON BABIES FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt

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