RE-LIVE

Registered charity 1162546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide an inspirational programme of Life Story Theatre. We work alongside people and communities, inviting them to share their experiences, so that audiences young and old can witness the untold stories of our time.Our creative process takes people on a transformative journey, placing their story centre stage, challenging stigma and connecting communities.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ARTS ACTIVITIES2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE ART OF THEATREFOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ABOVE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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

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Registered contact address: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£227k
Latest spending
£236k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing expenditure of £19,315 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £44,484 to £35,561. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure, with actual unrestricted reserves of £16,761. The trustees confirmed there are 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

Largest income source: Grants
“The charity's main source of income is through grants from the Arts Council of Wales and other charitable funds such as the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months (reserves figure: £17k)
“In line with best practice, we are endeavouring to build and maintain the reserves of the charity to enable the work of the charity to continue for 3 months should funding unexpectedly cease.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£227k£236k
31/03/2024£145k£161k
31/03/2023£175k£152k
31/03/2022£102k£131k
31/03/2021£122k£80k

Common questions

Is RE-LIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing expenditure of £19,315 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £44,484 to £35,561. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure, with actual unrestricted reserves of £16,761. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch04/04/2023£100kRe-Live
UK government10/02/2023£33kCovenant Fund
UK government12/02/2021£35k£10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund07/09/2020£8kCOVID-19 - Memoria Community Group Online
UK government—£20kLocal Grants 2017/18

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 Go Live Theatre Projects.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RE-LIVE£227k—0unclear—no doubt
Go Live Theatre Projects FY2025£687k——below—no doubt
LIFE CENTRE FY2025£835k—0unclear—no doubt
REVERT2REALITY FY2025£96k—0unclear—no doubt
SETTLE STORIES LIMITED FY2025£404k—0above—no doubt
THE LIFE INTERVENTION, FRIENDSHIP AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt

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