THE LIFE INTERVENTION, FRIENDSHIP AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1166183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIFE, THE LIFE FOUNDATION

The Life Foundation is a charity working with volunteers to support essential initiatives of local governments, charities, youth groups and independent outreach programmes overseas and in the UK.

Objects

1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY (OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP) ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND HEALTHCARE PROJECTS. 2. TO RELIEVE IN NEED, IN PARTICULARLY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS, OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE I. BY THE PROVISIONS OF VOLUNTEERS AND CARERS, AND BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND TRAINING FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE. II. BY THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES OTHERWISE UNATTAINABLE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Enfield, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £13,547 to £10,868 during the period, resulting in a net expenditure as total spending of £39,885 exceeded total income of £37,206. The trustees note that the charity's reserves policy target is £9,000 (increasing to £12,000 for the next year), and the actual unrestricted reserves of £10,868 are above this stated policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr CLAIRE WOOD MBBSchair
• Dr Sophie Elisabeth Doswell D Clin Psy
• Rebecca Mcguinness

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

Operates in: India · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Romania · Stockport · Warrington

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• LIFE CENTRAL income £44k
• LIFE CHURCH income £176k
• THE NEW LIFE INTERNATIONAL MISSION income £43k
• THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION income £138k
• YOUNG LIFE INTERNATIONAL income £3.4m
• LIVE ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS FOUNDATION income £778k

Side by side with its peers

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