NEW LIFE CHURCH (SUFFOLK)

Registered charity 1074780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW LIFE CARE, NEW LIFE CHURCH, STOWMARKET FOODBANK

The charity is a church promoting the Christian Faith to those resident in Suffolk. It also carries out mission activity in Africa and is helping to establish churches there.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN ALL OF ITS FULLNESS BY MEANS OF CHURCH SERVICES, REVIVAL MEETINGS, CRUSADES, PRINTED MATTER AND AUDIO VISUAL MATERIAL (2) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS BY OFFERING PRACTICAL AND SPIRITUAL HELP (3) THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF NEW LIFE CHURCH (SUFFOLK)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE SUFFOLK

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mid Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £158,987 against outgoing resources of £153,476, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Total funds carried forward increased to £246,267, with unrestricted funds at £188,561 and restricted funds at £57,706. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/03/2024, 42 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MIKE SMITHchair
• DAVID MARK ARCHER · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR RICHARD FENNING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Raymond George Tovell · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIMON DOUGLAS WILLIAM GINNS

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

Operates in: Kenya · Norfolk · Rwanda · Suffolk · Uganda

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• NEW LIFE CHURCH income £61k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH WORTHING income £186k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH BISHOP'S STORTFORD income £100k
• NewLife Church Sunderland income £184k
• NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £248k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH RUGBY income £428k

Side by side with its peers

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