LIFT UK — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Overdue
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 22 May 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £217,020
Latest expenditure: £216,414
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 21 Shrublands Drive, Lightwater, GU18 5QS

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

LIFT UK fundraises and accepts donations in order to provide monies via a grant application to selected overseas projects. The overseas projects report regularly to LIFT in order to ensure correct usage of funds.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 2 November 2026
Total Gross Income: £217,020
Total Gross Expenditure: £216,414

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 4 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 4 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £181,140
Total Gross Expenditure: £189,364

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 20 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 20 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £201,825
Total Gross Expenditure: £226,720

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 16 April 2024
Date Accounts Received: 16 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £165,268
Total Gross Expenditure: £193,948

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 29 April 2023
Date Accounts Received: 29 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £161,949
Total Gross Expenditure: £125,384

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 2 November 2026
Total Gross Income: £217,020
Total Gross Expenditure: £216,414
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 4 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £181,140
Total Gross Expenditure: £189,364
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 20 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £201,825
Total Gross Expenditure: £226,720
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 16 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £165,268
Total Gross Expenditure: £193,948
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 29 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £161,949
Total Gross Expenditure: £125,384
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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

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

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

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

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

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: LIFT UK
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-05-22T00:00:00

Charity Name: LIFT UK
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2015-11-05T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 5001797
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1128545
Assoc Charity Name: CHILD SUPPORT UGANDA

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 06/04/2012AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 10/05/2012
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTIVES OF LIFT (LEARNING INITIATIVES IN FORGOTTEN TERRITORIES)ARE AS FOLLOWS:1.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS LIVING IN URBAN SETTLEMENTS OR RURAL POVERTY,BY SUCH MEANS WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.2.TO RELIEVE POVERTY,SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN,YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS LIVING IN URBAN SETTLEMENTS OR RURAL POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE AND NUTRITION.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 519455
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: LIFT

Charity Name Id: 519456
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: LEARNING INITIATIVES IN FORGOTTEN TERRITORIES

Charity Name Id: 519532
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: LIFT (LEARNING INITIATIVES IN FORGOTTEN TERRITORIES)

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints handling