VIVACITY

Registered charity 1066646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAITHWORKS, Vine Church Swindon

Developing the work of The Vine UK, a fast-growing family of life group-based churches, now operating in various locations in the UK.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "STATEMENT OF BELIEFS") IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. (B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. (C) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD WHERE THE TRUST MAY BE OPERATING AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 net assets increased significantly to £199,718.77, driven by a large restricted donation of £193,628.05 designated for specific ministries. The charity reported a net deficit on unrestricted activities of £17,864.25, while unrestricted cash reserves held in current accounts were approximately £29,251.00.

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 4 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 37.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Esther Mebrahtu · trustee of 1 other charity
• Giordani Travaglia de Souza
• Michael Lukyamuzi

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Coventry City · Kensington And Chelsea · Reading · Swindon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST.

• TRUE VINE CHURCH TRUST income £147k
• VINE BAPTIST CHURCH income £103k
• SW LONDON VINEYARD income £621k
• VINEYARD CHURCHES UK AND IRELAND income £2.6m
• GRACE VINEYARD CHURCH income £101k
• VINE EVANGELICAL CHURCH (SEVENOAKS) income £136k

Side by side with its peers

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