Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
The Living Room is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives.
The Living Room (number 1080634) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does The Living Room do?
The Living Room provides free, structured, daytime group therapy in a supportive community for adults who are abstinent and addressing harmful patterns involving substances or behaviours. We also offer group therapy for families and carers of those affected.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Living Room
Answers The Living Room gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Living Room's highest-paid staff paid?
The Living Room's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does The Living Room's money come from?
The Living Room reported £854k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £747k (87%), donations and legacies £54k (6%), trading and fundraising events £48k (6%).
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£747k · 87%
Donations and legacies£54k · 6%
Trading and fundraising events£48k · 6%
Investments£4,618 · 1%
Does The Living Room receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for The Living Room. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
The Living Room reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records The Living Room as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
The Living Room's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Hertfordshire
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Provides Services.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is The Living Room registered for?
General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Living Room yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Living Room.
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The register data used for this profile lists The Living Room as a registered charity (number 1080634) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Living Room's charity number?
The Living Room's charity number is 1080634. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1080634?
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What does The Living Room do?
The Living Room provides free, structured, daytime group therapy in a supportive community for adults who are abstinent and addressing harmful patterns involving substances or behaviours. We also offer group therapy for families and carers of those affected.
Does The Living Room have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Living Room. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Living Room?
The Living Room's website listed in our register data is http://www.thelivingroom.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Living Room's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Living Room's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Living Room's money come from?
The Living Room reported £854k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £747k (87%), donations and legacies £54k (6%), trading and fundraising events £48k (6%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Living Room?
The register records The Living Room as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Living Room's trustees paid?
The Living Room's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Living Room registered as a charity?
The Living Room was entered on the register on 9 May 2000.