NEW LIFE CHURCH CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1019870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITYLIFE (PETERBOROUGH) TRUST

Organise weekly Sunday worship services; Christian conferences; Christian teaching seminars; Bible studies in homes; a weekly youth club for children 10 years and over; assist in running a summer holiday club for primary school children in the local area; run a free cafe for residents in a new development in North West Cambridge.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£114k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an operating surplus of £684, increasing net cash funds to £79,094. The trustees report that reserves are healthy and finances are stable, with unrestricted cash held at £70,484 exceeding the three-month expenditure policy target. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis and independently examined.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £70k)
“At the year end the level of unrestricted cash held was £70,484 (2024: £66,060), which is greater than the three months’ expenditure required by our reserves puliey.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Tim Anderson, who succeeded Ian Rawley as Senior Pastor, received fees.
“Fees payable to Tim Anderson as Mission Lead / Senior Pastor 30,579” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£114k£114k
31/08/2024£100k£92k
31/08/2023£89k£85k
31/08/2022£83k£85k
31/08/2021£93k£83k

Common questions

Is NEW LIFE CHURCH CAMBRIDGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an operating surplus of £684, increasing net cash funds to £79,094. The trustees report that reserves are healthy and finances are stable, with unrestricted cash held at £70,484 exceeding the three-month expenditure policy target. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis and independently examined. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SACHS FOUNDATION1£383k
KINGSGATE CHURCH TRUST1£494

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE BETHEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW LIFE CHURCH CAMBRIDGE£114k—0above—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE BETHEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2026£134k—0above—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH (NORTH LONDON) FY2024£189k—0above—no doubt
THE NEW LIFE CHURCH, WOKING FY2025£410k—0unclear—no doubt
EDEN BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£894k—0above—no doubt
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH BOSTON FY2025£166k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.