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LIVING ROCK TRUST

Registered charity 1082876 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROCK OF LIFE TRUST

The Charity supports the activities of Living Rock Church promoting the Christian Gospel with congregations meeting across Leicestershire.

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£937k
Registered
2000
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FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,432,828, which exceeds the stated policy target of £121,000 for three months of operational expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £110,882 for the year, with total funds increasing to £1,526,258.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Christopher Alton receives financial support for his Pastoral role. Expenses reimbursed to 1 Trustee.
“On 1 October Christopher Alton retired as Trustee and Chair of the Trust to concentrate on an expanded Pastoral role, for which he will receive financial support from the Trust.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Christopher Alton, a former Trustee and current Pastor, receives financial support from the Trust for his expanded Pastoral role.
“On 1 October Christopher Alton retired as Trustee and Chair of the Trust to concentrate on an expanded Pastoral role, for which he will receive financial support from the Trust.” — page 4
“The Trust also makes significant donations to the Quantum Trust to support their Christian activities, following the principle of Tithing income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Trust makes significant donations to the Quantum Trust, a related entity, following the principle of Tithing.
“On 1 October Christopher Alton retired as Trustee and Chair of the Trust to concentrate on an expanded Pastoral role, for which he will receive financial support from the Trust.” — page 4
“The Trust also makes significant donations to the Quantum Trust to support their Christian activities, following the principle of Tithing income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£937k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~18.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.0m£937k
31/03/2024£885k£876k
31/03/2023£829k£848k
31/03/2022£758k£773k
31/03/2021£886k£772k

Common questions

Is LIVING ROCK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,432,828, which exceeds the stated policy target of £121,000 for three months of operational expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £110,882 for the year, with total funds increasing to £1,526,258. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd.

Who funds LIVING ROCK TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIVING ROCK TRUST as a grant recipient include THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATIONFY2023£34k
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATIONFY2026£20k
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATIONFY2024£18kGrants to Institutions
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATIONFY2025£9k

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
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD1£16k
THE BRIAN LESLIE RACHER 2004 CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIVING CHRIST MISSION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIVING ROCK TRUST£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
LIVING CHRIST MISSION FY2025£102k—0unclear—noted
ROCK OF SALVATION APOSTOLIC CHURCH FY2025£119k—0unclear—noted
ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£168k—0above—no doubt
ONE CHURCH LEICESTER FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD TRUST FY2024£551k—0unclear—no doubt

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