PURPOSE OF LIFE

Registered charity 1165627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POL

Helping the vulnerable in the UK including young children, homeless and the elderly.Helping the Rohingyans in the Bangladesh Camps through water pumps, Schools, Women Centre, Orphanages, Food Packages, Blankets etc.Water wells, Schools, Food packages, Orphanages in PakistanHelping Orphanages in South AfricaHelping the needy in Palestine.Educational Centre in Jordan.Food Packs in Yemen.

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

Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported net incoming resources of £503,502 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves rising to £750,035. The trustees maintain that reserves are held at a level equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities in the event of a funding drop. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six-month’s expenditure (held: £750k)
“unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six-month’s expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · China · Egypt · India · Indonesia · Jordan · Kenya · Morocco · Nepal · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.6m£2.1m
31/03/2024£2.6m£2.4m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2022£992k£1.0m
31/03/2021£626k£608k

Common questions

Is PURPOSE OF LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported net incoming resources of £503,502 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves rising to £750,035. The trustees maintain that reserves are held at a level equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities in the event of a funding drop. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PURPOSE OF LIFE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PURPOSE OF LIFE as a grant recipient include DEWSBURY WELFARE TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DEWSBURY WELFARE TRUSTFY2022£1kOrphan sponsorship
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government13/08/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
IHELP GLOBAL2£24k
PENNY APPEAL1£644k
GLOBAL RELIEF TRUST1£23k
SAVE THE MOTHERS TRUST (SMT)1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOOR TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PURPOSE OF LIFE£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
NOOR TRUST FY2025£490k—0unclear—no doubt
ISLAMIC HELP FY2025£11.0m—0below—no doubt
GIVE TO ORPHANS FY2024£177k—0unclear—no doubt
THE UNITED KINGDOM ISLAMIC MISSION FY2025£14.6mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) FY2025£3.1m—0above—no doubt

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