LIVING KEYS

Registered charity 1194890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Living Keys provide Free courses to men, women and children who have experienced domestic abuse. The details of the courses can be found website https://www.livingkeys.co.uk/courses. There are application forms for Clients to complete and this will come to Living Keys and we will be in touch with dates etc for the courses. We also provide emotional support and have a weekly drop in service.

Objects

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO [IS][ARE]THE RELIEF OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISTRESS BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO ANY PERSON HAS EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC ABUSE NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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 · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total unrestricted reserves of £29,393 and a net surplus of £22,015. The trustees confirmed that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (55% of income)
“Grants 11,500 17,357 28,857 25,807” — page 15
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 4.5% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Raising funds 6 1,582 798 2,380 1,505” — page 11
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£53k£31k
31/03/2025£42k£32k
31/03/2024£10k£27k
31/03/2023£38k£28k
31/03/2022£30k£14k

Common questions

Is LIVING KEYS financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total unrestricted reserves of £29,393 and a net surplus of £22,015. The trustees confirmed that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIVING KEYS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIVING KEYS as a grant recipient include THE HOWARD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOWARD FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kSupport of evangelistic outreach, health and educational work

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2024£14kSafe Haven During the Cost-of-Living Crisis
Postcode Lottery27/05/2022£12kstaff salary, reaching out
The National Lottery Community Fund09/04/2021£10kDare to Rise