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SAVE ONE LIFE

Registered charity 1187075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing cash assistance. Clean water. Medical aid.

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£647k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £515,441 for the year ended 31st May 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £402,879. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a minimal reserve policy to cover costs for up to six months, excluding project delivery costs, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (excluding project delivery costs) (held: £403k)
“the trustees have decided to maintain a minimal reserve to cover costs for up to six months. These costs exclude the delivery and charitable activities costs that are incurred to deliver the projects.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The trustees became aware of media allegations concerning its overseas activities. The trustees became aware of these reports through the press and acted promptly to notify the Charity Commission. The Charity Commission undertook a review and confirmed that no formal investigation was necessary and that the matter has been closed.
“During the year, the charity was the subject of media allegations concerning its overseas activities. The trustees became aware of these reports through the press and acted promptly to notify the Charity Commission. The Charity Commission undertook a review and confirmed that no formal investigation was necessary and that the matter has been closed.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by S Syedain & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Save One Life (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£647k
Cost of raising funds
£51k
Reserves (reported)
£403k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 4.4% 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 · Ghana · Lebanon · Mozambique · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan · Sierra Leone · Throughout England And Wales · Turkey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£1.2m£647k
31/05/2024£1.9m£2.0m
31/05/2023£838k£805k
31/05/2022£1.1m£1.0m
31/05/2021£598k£493k

Common questions

Is SAVE ONE LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £515,441 for the year ended 31st May 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £402,879. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a minimal reserve policy to cover costs for up to six months, excluding project delivery costs, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S Syedain & Co.

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
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL1£999k
THE JD FOUNDATION1£561k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
COUNTYPIER LIMITED1£116k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED1£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1692.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAVE ONE LIFE£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
1692 FY2025£462k—0within—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
WAY UK FY2025£210k—0within—no doubt
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL FY2024£248k—0above—no doubt
GAMLEARN FY2024£310k—0unclear—no doubt

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