BRIDGE CHURCH LINCOLN

Registered charity 1052167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN CENTRE, LINCOLN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Faith of Assemblies of God; relief of sickness and financial hardship and the promotion and preservation of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support on such parts of the UK or the world as the Church Council may from time to time think fit, the advancement of education.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE LINCOLN

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £64,714 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. While unrestricted reserves stand at £361,227, the charity discloses free reserves of (£10,691) and notes its dependence on continued donated income and grants to maintain operations.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bridge Church Lincoln (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Carterchair
• Allan Ndiweni · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Shimada · trustee of 2 other charities
• Antony Askew
• Graeme Baldwin

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £1.6m
• CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ENGLAND income £473k
• PSALM 84 V.10 income £106k
• THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN UK income £1.0m
• ALIVE CHURCH LINCOLN income £1.9m
• REGIONS BEYOND UK income £353k

Side by side with its peers

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