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HAPPIER LIVES INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1198178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Happier Lives Institute connects donors, researchers, and policymakers with the most cost-effective opportunities to increase global wellbeing.Using the latest subjective wellbeing data, we identify the problems that matter most to people and find evidence-based ways to solve them.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY CARRYING OUT OR PROMOTING RESEARCH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CONCERNING THE TOPICS OF WELL-BEING, HAPPINESS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£234k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £117,578 from £200,275 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure increased significantly to £233,976. Consequently, unrestricted reserves fell from £205,905 to £89,507, though the trustees confirm adequate resources exist for the foreseeable future.

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 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 · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£118k£234k
31/03/2024£200k£34k
31/03/2023£43k£3k

Common questions

Is HAPPIER LIVES INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £117,578 from £200,275 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure increased significantly to £233,976. Consequently, unrestricted reserves fell from £205,905 to £89,507, though the trustees confirm adequate resources exist for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
Founders Pledge Ltd1£1.5m
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION1£590k
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£256k
THE SEGELMAN TRUST1£150k
DREAMCHASING1£150k
FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES1£135k
THE EVELYN TRUST1£46k
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£37k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HAPPIER LIVES INSTITUTE£118k—0unclear—no doubt
CONNECTED LIVES FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt
ACTION FOR HAPPINESS FY2025£426k——within—no doubt
THE INSTITUTE FOR PHILANTHROPY FY2025£244k——below—no doubt
HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY INSTITUTE FY2025£842k£110,000 - £119,9991above—no doubt
LITTLE LIVES UK FY2026£1.5m£80,000 - £89,9992unclear—no doubt

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