LIBERTY CHRISTIAN FAMILY CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1090802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Liberty christian family centre has been running since 4 June 2000. We help the misfortunate and under privileged of Thetford and the surrounding areas through operating Thetford Foodbank. Thetford foodbank provides approx 50,000 meals a year to the needy people in our region.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUSTB) 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 THE SAID LOCATION 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: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE NORFOLK

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £438,828, with £42,303 available for general charitable purposes. The charity reports a net incoming resource of £47,738 for the year, indicating a positive financial movement despite variable income based on donations.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• TONY ALAN GARRODchair
• MATTHEW SHEPHERD LOWE
• PASTOR Philip Williams BA HONOURS

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• COCKERMOUTH CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST income £264k
• Liberty Church Rotherham income £241k
• UTTLESFORD FOODBANK income £193k
• HERTFORD TOWN CHURCH income £88k
• LEIGHTON LINSLADE HELPERS income £149k
• LIBERTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES ( LCM ) income £246k

Side by side with its peers

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