LIVINGWAY MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1052878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIVING WAY

Living Way seeks to relieve poverty through information, advice, counselling, advocacy, training, work experience, job search, skills audit, CV writing & reference provision.In collaboration with statutory, voluntary and private organisations, Living Way supports people of all orientation, especially children & young people, to achieve their potentials towards becoming whole persons.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£158k
Latest spending
£97k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,159, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of covering a minimum of three months of running costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £61,521 for the year, driven by significant restricted income, resulting in total net assets of £73,925.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £11k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“Our reserves cover a minimum of 3 months of our organisation’s running costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Ghana · Nigeria · Philippines · Uganda · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£158k£97k
30/09/2024£102k£130k
30/09/2023£158k£166k
30/09/2022£136k£112k
30/09/2021£131k£153k

Common questions

Is LIVINGWAY MINISTRIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,159, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of covering a minimum of three months of running costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £61,521 for the year, driven by significant restricted income, resulting in total net assets of £73,925. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIVINGWAY MINISTRIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIVINGWAY MINISTRIES as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£31kChurch & Communities Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2023£24kChurch & Communities Programme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation14/02/2025£100kGrant to Living Way Ministries
The National Lottery Community Fund21/11/2024£254kSowing Stitches 2
City Bridge Foundation19/07/2022£66kGrant to Living Way Ministries
City Bridge Foundation24/03/2022£2kEco audit to Living Way Ministries
The Mercers' Company26/01/2022£55kGrant to Livingway Ministries
UK government30/06/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Greater London Authority31/05/2020£15kGrant to Sowing Stitches
Greater London Authority30/05/2020£15kStrategic Investment Fund (SIF)
London Borough of Barnet11/01/2019£2kGrant to Living Way Ministries
London Borough of Barnet11/07/2018£2kGrant to Living Way Ministries
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2015£8kcrEATe, a healthy eating and lifestyle for young people

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A WAY OUT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIVINGWAY MINISTRIES£158k—0below—no doubt
A WAY OUT FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE WAYZ FY2025£169k—0unclear—no doubt
POWER OF THE LIVING WORD MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVING WISDOM WORD MINISTRY FY2025£351k—0below—no doubt
NEW WAY CHRISTIAN LIFE FELLOWSHIP UK FY2024£247k—0unclear—no doubt

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