HELP FOR LIFE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 26 January 2004
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04903038
Financial period: 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income: £5,996
Latest expenditure: £5,996
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: HELP FOR LIFE, 201B CUMBERLAND HOUSE, 80 SCRUBS LANE, LONDON

Website recorded by the regulator: www.helpforlife.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We support orphaned, vulnerable, most severely disabled children and people who are socially and economically deprived, by the mean of meetings to identify and discuss key common issues in the fight against poverty, isolation, diseases and developments in communities, allowing an open discussion among governments , civil society, donors, International organisations and multinationals.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 8 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £5,996
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,996

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 4 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,582
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,582

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 3 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,582
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,582

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 20 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £2,720
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,720

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 26 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,165
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,165

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Tanzania
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Burundi
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Congo (Democratic Republic)
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 111
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Animals

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

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06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HELP FOR LIFE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2004-01-26T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/12/2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/07/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28/06/2011
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN MERSEYSIDE AND ITS SURROUNDING BOROUGHS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING OF THE REFUGEES FROM AFRICAN, SWAHILI AND FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES BY A) ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID PEOPLE AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID COMMUNITY B) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE ABOVE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
Area Of Benefit: MERSEYSIDE AND ITS SURROUNDING BOROUGHS

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 341045
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: AFRICAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF MERSEYSIDE (AFCOAM)

Charity Name Id: 341025
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: AFCOAM

Charity Name Id: 341061
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: MERSEYSIDE AFRICAN SWAHILI AND FRENCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (MASFCA)

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Volunteer management