NEW COVENANT CHURCH

Registered charity 1004343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIBERTY, COVENANT MEN INTERNATIONAL, COVENANT WOMEN, COVENANT BIBLE COLLEGE, NEW COVENANT BOOKSHOP

Provides places for Christian Worship to the public in U.K and abroad. Make available range of community programmes to address various needs, provide facility for clean water in villages in Nigeria also free health checks and assist with improving health, drop-in centres, care, counselling, referrals,provision of food,clothing,advise,education and training, visitation for the sick and elderly.

Objects

1.ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 2.THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK 3.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total income of £441,927 and total resources expended of £413,226, resulting in a net surplus for the period. Unrestricted funds increased to £263,839, which the trustees state is below their policy target of maintaining at least six months of committed expenditure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEBORAH ADESHINA
• Edward Edumijeke
• JAMES OLAYINKA BAMIGBOYE
• Tonye Vianana · trustee of 2 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford · Bolton · Hertfordshire · India · Kent · Leicester City · Manchester City · Milton Keynes · Nigeria · Pakistan · Spain · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW COVENANT CHURCH NORTHAMPTON.

• NEW COVENANT CHURCH NORTHAMPTON income £84k
• NEW COVENANT CHURCH ISLINGTON income £61k
• NEW COVENANT CHURCH BRISTOL income £105k
• NEW COVENANT CHURCH EDMONTON income £330k
• NEW COVENANT CHURCH LEICESTER income £144k
• NEW COVENANT CHURCH MANCHESTER income £569k

Side by side with its peers

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