THE LEADERS OF WORSHIP AND PREACHERS TRUST

Registered charity 1107967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LWPT

Providing resources, support and grants for those that preach.

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

Latest income

£313k

Latest spending

£439k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £835,638 significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £155,000 (equivalent to three months of running costs). Although the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, its total reserves remain at a level considered adequate by the trustees to enable an orderly wind down if necessary.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Leaders of Worship and Preachers Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income

£592k

Total spending

£543k

Cost of raising funds

£37k

Reserves (reported)

£970k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~21.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Ian Coffey
GEORGE PHILLIPS
Jane Lloyd · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Richard Davey
Rev Ashley Robert Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Gareth John Higgs

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£313k	£439k
31/08/2024	£592k	£543k
31/08/2023	£452k	£432k
31/08/2022	£685k	£398k
31/08/2021	£392k	£389k

Common questions

Is THE LEADERS OF WORSHIP AND PREACHERS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £835,638 significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £155,000 (equivalent to three months of running costs). Although the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, its total reserves remain at a level considered adequate by the trustees to enable an orderly wind down if necessary. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE LEADERS OF WORSHIP AND PREACHERS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LEADERS OF WORSHIP AND PREACHERS TRUST as a grant recipient include WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2023	£5k	Project Grants
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS	FY2024	£1k	Other Christian

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FIRSTFRUITS GOSPEL FOUNDATION	1	£133k
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£66k
THE ROCK FOUNDATION	1	£29k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, SEVENOAKS	1	£18k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS	1	£8k
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LEADERS OF WORSHIP AND PREACHERS HOMES.

THE LEADERS OF WORSHIP AND PREACHERS HOMES income £3.4m
TRUE JESUS CHURCH (LONDON) income £267k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF FAWKHAM AND HARTLEY income £105k
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST income £925k
CATCH THE FIRE, FARNBOROUGH income £253k
WORCESTER BAPTIST CHURCH income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LEADERS OF WORSHIP AND PREACHERS TRUST	£313k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LEADERS OF WORSHIP AND PREACHERS HOMES FY2025	£3.4m	£80,000 - £85,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUE JESUS CHURCH (LONDON) FY2025	£267k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF FAWKHAM AND HARTLEY FY2025	£105k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WORCESTER CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£925k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CATCH THE FIRE, FARNBOROUGH FY2025	£253k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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