COVENANT LIFE CHURCH LEICESTER

Registered charity 1103695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COVENANT LIFE CHURCH

To promote the proclamation and furtherance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ Our Lord, the preaching and teaching of the Christian faith, and to support ministry at home and overseas. In addition, the charity seeks the relief of those in need, hardship and distress or who are aged or sick.

Objects

(A) THE PROCLAMATION AND FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL OF GOD CONCERNING HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND THE PREACHING AND TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH(B) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK.

Area of benefit: IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND ELSWHERE.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £138,468 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £514,742. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are more than adequate for the charity's requirements, and the trustees believe no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~48.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GARY RUTHERFORDchair
• ANDREW WILLIAM BRIGGS
• Charles Alford
• IAN JAMES THOMPSON

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

Operates in: India · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Zambia

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW COVENANT CHURCH LEICESTER.

• NEW COVENANT CHURCH LEICESTER income £144k
• LIFE CHURCH DONCASTER income £95k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH WINCHESTER income £192k
• NEW LIFE COVENANT CHURCH UK income £91k
• LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH BRISTOL income £209k
• LIFE CHURCH, HORNCASTLE income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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