L.i.f.e.(local Initiatives for Education) International
What it does
Humanitarian Aid. RELIEF: supply,food, medicines and equipment ,tarpaulins, blankets,dig wells and pit latrines. SERVICES: From time to time doctors and other health professionals,teachers,sports coaching, sports peace initiatives. DEVELOPMENT: agricultural projects, teaching skills e.g.English,baking,sewing,hairdressing, soap and detergent making.
Its charitable purposes
1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN DJIBOUTI, SOMALILAND, PUNTLAND, SOUTH SOMALIA, BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.2) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN DJIBOUTI,SOMALILAND, PUNTLAND,SOUTH SOMALIA AND BEYOND. 3) RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE PURPOSES TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE LEARNING FOR PLEASURE BY PEOPLE NO LONGER IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT/SCHOOLING THROUGH THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Overseas aid and famine relief
- Amateur sport
- Recreation
- Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Disabled people
- Other defined groups
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Djibouti
- Kenya
- Somalia
Area of benefit in its governing document: International
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £6,622 and spent £5,022.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | £6,622 | £5,022 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2024 | £6,681 | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2023 | £5,646 | £2,611 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2022 | £5,562 | £1,484 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 June 2021 | £10,143 | £12,000 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 35%, from £10,143 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £6,622 in the year to 30 June 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 76% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
6 trustees run the charity.
- Ann Elizabeth Mitchell
- Daniel Robert Lewington
- Daniel Tarrant
- Dr ANDREW PETER GEORGE MITCHELL
- Hannah Ruth Satterthwaite
- John T Williamson
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | 30 April 2026 | Received 19 March 2026, 42 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2024 | 30 April 2025 | Received 31 March 2025, 30 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2023 | 30 April 2024 | Received 5 July 2024, 66 days late | Not required |
| 30 June 2022 | 30 April 2023 | Received 1 April 2023, 29 days early | Not required |
| 30 June 2021 | 30 April 2022 | Received 7 April 2022, 23 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1142351
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 9 June 2011
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 25/04/2011
- Website
- www.lifeinternational.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Powys
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.