Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

LIFESHARE LIMITED 

Our Crisis Assessment Referral Diversity Service provides personal development intervention to people in Manchester age 16-25 at risk or facing homelessness or exploitation.Our weekend breakfast drop in and monthly wellbeing drop-in also provide clothes for adults in need.Our Christmas day shelter project provides free food, company and entertainment for adults in need over the holiday period.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 29 years

www.lifeshare.org.uk

office@lifeshare.org.uk

01612350744

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22£372£356£16n/an/an/an/an/a250
31/03/21£325£249£77n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/20£194£172£22n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/19£194£172£22n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/18£104£134£-30£0£0£0n/a0270
31/03/17£104£134£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£79£127£-49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£65£171£-106£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£141£93£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£86£93£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£211£96£116£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£135£103£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£115£113£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£93£94£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£104£84£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£95£114£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£133£147£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£130£140£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£133£125£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 250 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Manchester City,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity£38,464
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment£9,503
National Lottery Community Fund£8,650
The Foyle Foundation£7,500
Esmee Fairbairn£6,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to Lifeshare Ltd
£6,000 04/12/2023
TASK fund donation towards core costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Lifeshare Ltd
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500 29/11/2022
towards the charity's work supporting the homeless
MACC - Lifeshare
£70 07/02/2022
To help vulnerable people and families cover the cost of essentials with a one-off gift payment of either £100 (for households/families with dependent children aged under 19) or £70 (for ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Lifeshare Ltd
£2,000 08/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
National Lottery Community Fund - reflection
£8,650 19/01/2021
9
The funding will be used to support young homeless people during Covid 19. The project aims to use a holistic person-centred approach to address barriers of being able to advocate for themselves and ....more
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Lifeshare Ltd
£31,964 30/07/2020
12
Towards funding a resettlement and outreach post who will work with under 25s (COVID-19 response)
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Lifeshare Ltd
£6,500 15/04/2020
Supporting initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment - Lifeshare @ Limelight
£9,503 18/02/2020
The service operates from 7am to 9am, every Saturday and Sunday morning from Limelight in Stretford. On an average weekend morning, we will serve 50-60 cooked breakfasts (bacon, sausage, egg, beans ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Lifeshare Limited
£6,000 09/05/2019
Donor directed support for project.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lifeshare Ltd
£74,440 16/10/2018
36
Request for funding of a Homeless Team Leader to support the work with hard to engage, homeless young people (17+) in the Manchester area.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Lifeshare Ltd
£115,000 22/01/2018
36
over three years towards salaries and development costs for a charity supporting homeless people in Manchester and Salford
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the salary of the Team Leader
£1,000 23/03/2017
Towards the salary of the Team Leader on the Crisis Assessment Referral Diversity Service.
MACC - CARDS Mental Health Support Project
£9,858 09/12/2016
Develop a Support Worker role, focussing half their time on individual care plans with clients to help them get mental health support. Support Worker's help clients overcome barriers such as health ....more
One Manchester - Lifeshare Christmas Project
£1,000 01/11/2016
Christmas is a difficult time of year for the homeless and vulnerable of Manchester & Salford which is why every year Lifeshare opens the doors to its Christmas Project. It welcomes the homeless, ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a project which helps marginalised young people
£1,000 04/02/2013
Towards a project which helps marginalised young people develop practical skills for the construction industry.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Male sex workers outreach project
£5,000 08/02/2007
Towards the male sex workers outreach project in Manchester.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/1994, number: 1042500
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/07/1994, number: 02946401
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 76 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 24 days late, AR10: 49 days late, AR09: 165 days late, AR05: 52 days late,
Main office

27 HOULDSWORTH ST
MANCHESTER
M1 1EB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AGED, THE HOMELESS, THE MENTALLY ILL OR HANDICAPPED IN MANCHESTER

Defined Area of Benefit:

MANCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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