King's Community Church, Lancaster
The primary activity of the charity is that of a Christian Church proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. The charity runs Church services and associated meetings including smaller neighbourhood groups which are actively involved in their local communities. The charity is involved in the provision of poor relief and foreign aid as well as counseling and general charitable activities
Objects
THE PREACHING AND TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGHOUT THE LANCASTER AREA.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £6,652 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £727,405. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are significantly above their stated policy target of £2,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 40
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 40
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 40
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 19/03/2026, 47 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).
Trustees
- Chris Strahan
- Ife Akintunde
- Nicole Kristine Garcia
- Rosemary Starkey
- Tracy Sibalwa Mwanakatwe
- Trevor James McElhinney
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £111k | £104k |
| 31/03/2024 | £102k | £109k |
| 31/03/2023 | £108k | £113k |
| 31/03/2022 | £99k | £98k |
| 31/03/2021 | £103k | £95k |
Common questions
Is King's Community Church, Lancaster financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £6,652 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £727,405. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are significantly above their stated policy target of £2,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| CEO SLEEPOUT | 1 | £4k |
| THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £3k |
| THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST | 1 | £1k |
Charities like this
- KING'S CHURCH BASINGSTOKE
- KING'S CHURCH COCKERMOUTH
- KING'S CHURCH KINGSTON
- KINGS CHURCH DARLINGTON
- KING'S CHURCH, CHESSINGTON
- KING'S CHURCH CAMBRIDGE
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Community Church, Lancaster | £111k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| KING'S CHURCH BASINGSTOKE | £79k | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| KING'S CHURCH COCKERMOUTH | £228k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| KING'S CHURCH KINGSTON | £298k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| KINGS CHURCH DARLINGTON | £755k | £55,082 | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| KING'S CHURCH, CHESSINGTON | £1.0m | — | — | above | — | no doubt |