TRAFFORD CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE

Registered charity 1058810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STRETFORD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST

Advancing the Christian Faith by providing public services; offering community services through youth groups, parent & toddler groups, self help groups; providing social interaction for all ages and helping to develop well balanced people.

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES 3) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK 4) THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, POOR, SICK OR DISABLED

Area of benefit: U.K. AND WORLDWIDE

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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Registered contact address: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£93k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,990.14 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £92,987.55 and expenditure of £87,997.41. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds are held in trust to continue current and future projects, resulting in a closing bank balance of £9,228.92.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 18

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 17
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 30
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DENNIS RYANchair
MARK DALE
Marian Ogunsola

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£93k	£88k
31/12/2024	£91k	£115k
31/12/2023	£111k	£114k
31/12/2022	£111k	£112k
31/12/2021	£107k	£100k

Common questions

Is TRAFFORD CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,990.14 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £92,987.55 and expenditure of £87,997.41. The trustees confirm that sufficient funds are held in trust to continue current and future projects, resulting in a closing bank balance of £9,228.92. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ASHTON UPON MERSEY	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRAFFORD YOUTH FOR CHRIST.

TRAFFORD YOUTH FOR CHRIST income £54k
FAMILY LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £158k
LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE) income £1.2m
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £248k
CLF LIFE CENTRE income £78k
CENTRE CHURCH income £167k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRAFFORD CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE	£93k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRAFFORD YOUTH FOR CHRIST FY2025	£54k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FAMILY LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE) FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£248k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CLF LIFE CENTRE FY2025	£78k	£33,533	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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