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Description
To promote and provide initiatives to advance well being. It is a charity which offers opportunities to people who have had a raw deal in life, to change their lives for the better.
Also known as
- Big Life Centres
- Big Life Services
- Big Life Centres
- The Big Life Centres
- CHRC
- Community Health & Resource Centres Ltd
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
M16 9AB
Website
Domain
thebiglifegroup.com
Latest income
£7,983,957 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1062333 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Big Life Centres (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Grant-making foundations
H10
Theme (CCEW)
-
General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
204 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
-
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- Regional
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997-05-13 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 325 | 55,323 |
| 2005-03-31 | 1,454,555 | 1,378,482 |
| 2006-03-31 | 1,181,705 | 1,229,653 |
| 2007-03-31 | 1,327,222 | 1,394,217 |
| 2008-03-31 | 1,520,979 | 1,484,252 |
| 2009-03-31 | 1,847,761 | 1,790,418 |
| 2010-03-31 | 1,912,116 | 1,889,399 |
| 2011-03-31 | 1,790,869 | 1,763,549 |
| 2012-03-31 | 1,419,357 | 1,335,396 |
| 2013-03-31 | 1,253,684 | 1,239,954 |
| 2014-03-31 | 1,483,902 | 1,453,400 |
| 2015-03-31 | 3,962,795 | 3,884,521 |
| 2016-03-31 | 4,618,261 | 4,646,107 |
| 2017-03-31 | 3,943,485 | 3,947,045 |
| 2018-03-31 | 3,402,834 | 3,413,819 |
| 2019-03-31 | 4,652,514 | 4,585,073 |
| 2020-03-31 | 5,575,894 | 5,554,450 |
| 2021-03-31 | 6,839,451 | 6,582,159 |
| 2022-03-31 | 7,603,259 | 7,512,498 |
| 2023-03-31 | 7,983,957 | 7,880,978 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 165 | 132 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 40 | 273 |
| Trustees | 6 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 66.6 | 68.3 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 66.6 | 68.3 |
| Income from charitable activities | 7,417.3 | 7,534.1 |
| Income from other trading activities | 321.4 | - |
| Income from investments | 20.2 | 0.9 |
| Other income | 158.4 | - |
| Total | 7,984.0 | 7,603.3 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Grants to institutions | - | 165.0 |
| Other charitable activities | 7,881.0 | 7,347.5 |
| Charitable activities | 7,881.0 | 7,512.5 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 7,881.0 | 7,512.5 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 103.0 | 90.8 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 1,099.9 | 1,091.7 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 1,099.9 | 1,091.7 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 2,353.8 | 1,675.3 |
| Other current assets | 397.4 | 529.9 |
| 2,751.1 | 2,205.3 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (1,596.4) | (1,038.3) |
| Net current assets | 1,154.8 | 1,167.0 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 2,254.7 | 2,258.7 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets (excluding pension scheme) | 2,254.7 | 2,258.7 |
| Defined benefit pension scheme | - | (107.0) |
| Net assets (including pension scheme) | 2,254.7 | 2,151.7 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 34.5 | 18.9 |
| Unrestricted funds | 2,220.1 | 2,132.7 |
| 2,254.7 | 2,151.7 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 7,282,748 | 7,064,305 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 91.2% | 92.9% |
| Number of government contracts | 7 | 12 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | - | 14,349 |
| Government grants as % of total income | - | 0.2% |
| Number of government grants | - | 1 |
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | £54,907 | Kath Locke Community Heritage Project | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England |
£10,000
11 months |
Community Doulas
Feb 2023 to Jan 2024 |
||
| Macc |
£1,000
4 months |
Big Life Centres
Oct 2020 to Feb 2021 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All |
£10,000
1 year |
Whisper Sisters - The Menopause Monologues
Apr 2020 to Apr 2021 |
||
|
Nesta
Realising the Value |
£22,000
8 months |
AC00516
Jan 2016 to Sep 2016 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All |
£5,000
1 year |
Co-ordinator for Homeopathy Service
May 2004 to May 2005 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Macc (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Nesta (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence
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