INNER CITY LIFE

Registered charity 1178849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charities purpose is to provide supported living to vulnerable adults who are homeless for various reasons.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£434k
Latest spending
£420k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,187 for the year ended 30 April 2025, bringing unrestricted reserves to £26,986. Per the directors, the main sources of funding are donations and grants, with expenditure primarily allocated to premises and staff wages. The filing confirms no material matters were identified during the independent examination that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The main source of funding for Company this year has been donations from local people and companles and grants.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£434k£420k
30/04/2024£195k£177k
30/04/2023£43k£57k
30/04/2022£73k£119k
30/04/2021£103k£50k

Common questions

Is INNER CITY LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,187 for the year ended 30 April 2025, bringing unrestricted reserves to £26,986. Per the directors, the main sources of funding are donations and grants, with expenditure primarily allocated to premises and staff wages. The filing confirms no material matters were identified during the independent examination that would cause concern regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INNER CITY LIFE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INNER CITY LIFE as a grant recipient include THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kThe Justice System and penal reform

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust17/03/2025£15kA grant to Inner City Life
A B Charitable Trust27/08/2024£4kA grant to Inner City Life
A B Charitable Trust18/04/2024£15kA grant to Inner City Life

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 MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INNER CITY LIFE£434k—0unclear—no doubt
MENS ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
Stay Charity FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt
CARTREF NI LIMITED FY2025£5.5m——unclear—no doubt
LIVNOS BAYIS LIMITED FY2024£162k—0below—no doubt

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