LIFE CHURCH SHERINGHAM

Registered charity 1069354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW WINE CHURCH, NEW WINE CHURCH SHERINGHAM TRUST

The Church has held regular meetings for worship, prayer, teaching and evangelism, and works closely with other local churches and newfrontiers. It provides support to the YESU project, and is now renovating a centrally based building to provide a meeting place for the Church and for community use. In anticipation of this exiting new season, the Church has renamed itself as LIFE CHURCH.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIM TO TIME THINK FIT. (2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK (INCLUDING BY MEANS OF THE PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION OR SHELTER) AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID COUNTY AND 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 THE SAID COUNTY AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF NORFOLK

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£199k
Latest spending
£137k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,238,106, which the trustees consider adequate for ongoing commitments. The charity reports a net income surplus of £62,759 for the year and confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Financial health is supported by income primarily from donations, with total expenditure of £136,572.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Richard Allen received salary of £35,200.
“R Allen, Church Leader, Project Manager and Trustee, received salary for his employed role in line with the Trust Deed and as commonly occurs for such charities as the Charity Commission is aware. This totalled £35,200 in the year.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£199k£137k
31/07/2024£154k£148k
31/07/2023£228k£147k
31/07/2022£160k£91k
31/07/2021£139k£90k

Common questions

Is LIFE CHURCH SHERINGHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,238,106, which the trustees consider adequate for ongoing commitments. The charity reports a net income surplus of £62,759 for the year and confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Financial health is supported by income primarily from donations, with total expenditure of £136,572. 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
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST1£46k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFE CHURCH MINISTRIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIFE CHURCH SHERINGHAM£199k—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE CHURCH MINISTRIES FY2024£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE) FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE CHURCH FY2025£176k—0above—no doubt
LIFE CHURCH (CENTRAL ENGLAND) FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE CHANGERS CHURCH FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt

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