SUPPORTING LIVES

Registered charity 1194182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charity that raises money for the poor and distributes it to the projects we are raising funds for.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAKING GRANTS TO PROVIDE SUCH SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE

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) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Preston, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£134k
Latest spending
£215k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total income of £134,396 and total expenditure of £214,581 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a net deficit. The trustees hold unrestricted reserves of £20,000, which they state are held for emergency relief. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, with the examiner confirming no material matters came to attention regarding compliance or accounting records.

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 2 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 2

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 05/12/2024, 35 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 10/11/2023, 10 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 20/01/2023, 81 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£134k£215k
31/12/2024£103k£63k
31/12/2023£99k£40k
31/12/2022£13k£0
31/12/2021£26k£0

Common questions

Is SUPPORTING LIVES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total income of £134,396 and total expenditure of £214,581 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a net deficit. The trustees hold unrestricted reserves of £20,000, which they state are held for emergency relief. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, with the examiner confirming no material matters came to attention regarding compliance or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUPPORTING LIVES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUPPORTING LIVES as a grant recipient include THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION, THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023amount not stated

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 SAVE ONE LIFE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUPPORTING LIVES£134k——unclear—no doubt
SAVE ONE LIFE FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
SHARING LIFE TRUST FY2025£114k—0above—no doubt
HELP CHANGE LIVES FY2025£600k—0unclear—no doubt
SIMPLE REASON FY2026£61k—0unclear—no doubt
HELPING EDUCATING AND REBUILDING LIVES FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt

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