TRANSFORM NETWORK

Registered charity 1103431 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Various courses including worship, teaching, group work and prayer ministry time, pastoral training; youth activities; leadership meetings for all member churches to pray, discuss and plan activities; Lewisham Foodbank

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD GENERALLY INCLUDING BY THE WORSHIP OF GOD, THE INSTRUCTION AND EDIFICATION OF CHRISTIANS, THE CARE AND CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN AND THE EVANGELISATION OF NON-CHRISTIANS3.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG ALL PEOPLES OF THE WORLD3.3 TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.3.4 TO SUPPORT SUCH OTHER CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £32,919, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of three months' regular costs. However, the charity reported a net deficit for the year, with restricted reserves decreasing significantly from £670,991 to £515,120 due to higher expenditure than income in restricted funds. The trustees acknowledge a set deficit budget for 2026 and note the need to actively monitor income and expenditure levels.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lewisham Foodbank (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Mary Maxted · trustee of 1 other charity
• GORDON Stuart COWIE · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN JAMES BUTCHER
• NICOLE ADAMIDES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel Stephen Desborough

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TRANSFORM TRAINING LTD.

• TRANSFORM TRAINING LTD income £170k
• CHELTENHAM NETWORK CHURCH income £79k
• TRANSFORM SALONE income £46k
• THE LIGHT CHURCH NETWORK income £75k
• COMMUNITY TRANSFORMERS EMPOWERMENT SERVICES income £72k
• BREAKTHROUGH - TRANSFORMATION TRUST income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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