RIVER OF LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH (HAVERHILL)

Registered charity 1115810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has three main focus's at present:-Church Congregational LifeCommunity ProjectsChalkstone Community Centre

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN HAVERHILL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY;B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR SICKNESS AND WHO MAY BE AGED AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN HAVERHILL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.(C) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF HAVERHILL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: HAVERHILL, NATIONALLY AND WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash held at year-end was £65,106, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining two months of core operational costs. However, the charity reported a net expenditure exceeding income for the year, resulting in a reduction of cash reserves. The trustees remain confident that reserves are in line with policy, noting that designated funds could be used for general purposes if needed.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanna Marie Nicholaschair
• Alien Rojas Canizares · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Roger Clark
• Nancy Martinez Fasoro
• Oluwatosin Emmanuel Osunnuyi
• Paul Robert Turner
• Simbarashe Gwata
• Thomas Harry Wilson

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVER OF LIFE CITY CHURCH.

• RIVER OF LIFE CITY CHURCH income £96k
• RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH (WORTHING) income £67k
• River of Life Community Church Langney income £60k
• RIVER OF LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £72k
• RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH, FELIXSTOWE income £96k
• THE RIVER CHURCH CHELMSFORD CIO income £660k

Side by side with its peers

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