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.

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

Latest income
£216k
Latest spending
£168k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Fundraising cost ratio: 60000.0% of fundraised income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%)
The charity's policies are firstly to allow up to six months of running costs to accrue in the main account and secondly to allow continual accumulation of donations in the Building Fund to contribute towards the cost of purchasing and renovating our own building in the future.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of running costs (held: £42k)
the charity's policies are firstly to allow up to six months of running costs to accrue in the main account
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£216k£168k
31/05/2024£175k£168k
31/05/2023£187k£127k
31/05/2022£139k£107k
31/05/2021£144k£74k

Common questions

Is LIBERTY CHRISTIAN FAMILY CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery01/05/2023£19kProject Funding

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN FAMILY CENTRE TRUST£216k0unclear60000.0%no doubt
COCKERMOUTH CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST FY2025£264k0unclearno doubt
Liberty Church Rotherham FY2024£241k0aboveno doubt
HERTFORD TOWN CHURCH FY2024£106k0aboveno doubt
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES ( LCM ) FY2024£291k0unclearno doubt
BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2024£355k0unclearno doubt

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