LITTLE LIVES UK

Registered charity 1171884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Little Lives UK empowers disadvantaged children and young people by providing free mental health support and donating devices for education. We also promote sustainability by encouraging donations of unwanted items to help create a greener world.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF, AND TO HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES) WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES WITH THE AIM TO ENABLE THEM TO BETTER PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £71,800 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £1,481,273 and expenditure of £1,409,473. Unrestricted reserves stood at £687,401, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £225,000. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2025) to £80,000 - £89,999 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Little Lives UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Co-operative — “The Co-op Local Community Fund has supported Little Lives UK throughout 2021. As a current local cause group, if you’re a Co-op member you c…” (source page)
• Tartan Army Children’s Charity — “Little Lives UK were overwhelmed with the support we received from the Tartan Army Children’s Charity . Not only did they generously donate …” (source page)
• Fitch Ratings — “Little Lives UK would like to thank Fitch Ratings for their extremely generous contribution. We are extremely grateful for their generosity,…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (94% 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: 79.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lotta-Maija Salmi
• Szonja Borcsokne Budai
• Yauheni Sysoyeu

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 Little Lights Liverpool.

• Little Lights Liverpool income £7.9m
• SHARED LIVES PLUS LIMITED income £1.5m
• LITTLE OAKS income £260k
• SUPPORTING LIVES income £134k
• LIFE LINE UK income £33k
• LITTLELIFTS income £777k

Side by side with its peers

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