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COMMUNITY LIVES MATTER

Registered charity 1189401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We deal with the specific needs found in our local community. We run activities for those who are lonely, elderly, or otherwise vulnerable. We provide services for people with dementia and their carers. We work with asylum seekers and refugees to help them adapt to life in the UK and integrate into their new community. And we support the educationally disadvantaged, particularly after Covid-19.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£91k
Latest spending
£73k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £17,972 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £91,334 from £61,146 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £52,294, which is slightly below the stated policy target of approximately £56,000 (representing nine months of expected expenditure). The charity holds no defined-benefit pension deficits and has no trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £52k)
“As at 31 December 2025, 9-months of annual expected expenditure income was calculated to be about £56,000 and the amount held in unrestricted reserves was £52,294.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Lives Matter (Ormskirk) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£91k£73k
31/12/2024£61k£53k
31/12/2023£65k£49k
31/12/2022£53k£37k
31/12/2021£29k£21k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY LIVES MATTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £17,972 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £91,334 from £61,146 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £52,294, which is slightly below the stated policy target of approximately £56,000 (representing nine months of expected expenditure). The charity holds no defined-benefit pension deficits and has no trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMMUNITY LIVES MATTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY LIVES MATTER as a grant recipient include YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION, BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2021£1kMusical instruments, games and equipment for this charity aiming to improve mental health, isolation and loneliness in the community.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/10/2024£237kTargeted community support for groups in need in the local area.
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£43kHelp for the vulnerable those with dementia asylum seekers the old and lonely
UK government14/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund