CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES THAMESMEAD TRUST

Registered charity 1078858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE

1. To advance the Christian faith.2. To relieve hardship, poverty, sickness and the distress caused thereby.3. To advance education by such means as the Trustees may consider appropriate.4. To promote and fulfill such other charitable purposes beneficial to the community.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER 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 LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES AMY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING, OPERATING OR SUPPORTING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR ESTABLISHMENTS IN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (D) TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN LONDON 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: LONDON AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Greenwich, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£88k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £2,146 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £(16,425). The trustees report that the charity remains solvent and has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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
“This general reserve policy has not been met this year as in previous years.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 40

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Botswana · Nigeria · Throughout England · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£86k£88k
31/10/2024£76k£78k
31/10/2023£69k£75k
31/10/2022£79k£67k
31/10/2021£81k£75k

Common questions

Is CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES THAMESMEAD TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £2,146 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £(16,425). The trustees report that the charity remains solvent and has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LATYMER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHRISTIAN LIFE MINISTRIES THAMESMEAD TRUST£86k—0below—no doubt
LATYMER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST FY2025£104k—0above—no doubt
THE MINSTER FELLOWSHIP FY2024£191k—0below—no doubt
MICAH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES FY2025£217k—0below—no doubt
FOUNDATION MATTERS FY2025£366k—0unclear—no doubt
DESTINY CHRISTIAN CENTRE MINISTRIES FY2024£168k—0unclear—no doubt

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