HELP CHANGE LIVES

Registered charity 1184471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Helping very vulnerable people around the world in the following ways: through the advancement of education with the aim of reducing poverty, provision of food, water, clothing, shelter, health aids and income generating opportunities to underprivileged persons, and contributing to social and economic development.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, AND/OR CHARITIES, OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR PERSONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. THIS INCLUDES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WITH THE AIM OF REDUCING POVERTY, PROVISION OF FOOD, WATER, CLOTHING, SHELTER, HEALTH AIDS AND INCOME GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERPRIVILEGED PERSONS, AND CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Three Rivers, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £64,489 at year-end, with a reserves policy to hold funds covering four months of forecast expenditure. The trustees report that 100% of non-trustee donations were spent on projects, as trustees covered all administrative and fundraising costs, resulting in a net movement in funds of £12,571 for the year.

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 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.

• 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
• 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

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Aylesbury family’s first-hand experience of hearing loss inspires volunteer to help change lives bucksherald.co.uk · 04/06/2026
• 'The help I got made my life brighter and more positive': How Family Hubs help change lives middlesbrough.gov.uk · 10/10/2025
• Working together to help change lives marketingderby.co.uk · 25/01/2024
• Nottingham volunteers desperately needed to help change lives of brain injury survivors westbridgfordwire.com · 22/04/2023
• Teacher quits job of 23 years and swaps career to help change lives burytimes.co.uk · 31/08/2016

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Help Change Lives (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Pallvee Shah FCA CTAchair
• Parus Mahendra Shah BSc, MSc
• Prashant Amatya BSc, FCA

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · Liberia · Malawi · Nepal · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORTING LIVES.

• SUPPORTING LIVES income £134k
• TRANSFORMING LIVES income £62k
• CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER income £2.8m
• HELPING EDUCATING AND REBUILDING LIVES income £78k
• EQUIPE income £42k
• THE CHANGE PORTFOLIO income £937k

Side by side with its peers

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