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NEW LIFE CHURCH MILTON KEYNES

Registered charity 1119167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust is established to: advance Christianity in accordance with the doctrines of the faith; relieve people who are in charitable need, because of sickness or poor health, age, financial hardship or some other reason; promote and provide education (including vocational training); promote such other charitable objects as the trustees from time to time determine.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · 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

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £15,757 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £3,471,558. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of preparation.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies
“Donations and legacies 3 924,653 82,352 1,007,005 1,295,871” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of the annual expenditure budget, less giving (UK and overseas), depreciation, event expenditure and (if still available) a month mortgage payment holiday (held: £3.5m)
“For the current financial year, the target level of free reserves equates to three to six months of the annual expenditure budget, less giving (UK and overseas), depreciation, event expenditure and (if still available) a month mortgage payment holiday.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Tim Williams (Remuneration £46,277, Pension £5,742), Sharon Clark (Remuneration £24,913, Pension £934), David Samuel Eyeington (Remuneration £20,398, Pension £1,854)
“During the year, one or more Trustees has been paid remuneration or has received other benefits from an employment with the Charity. The payments are made under Clause 5.15 of the Memorandum of Association and are paid in connection with their employment of the charity and not in respect of their role as trustees.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Ridgeway Centre Conferencing Limited
“The Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) and Consolidated Balance Sheet consolidate the financial statements of the Charity and its subsidiary undertakings.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY TRUST — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £26k
  • Profit before tax: £1k
  • No intra-group transactions or balances disclosed.
RIDGEWAY CENTRE CONFERENCING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £93k
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £61,121
“The company also donated profits generated totalling £92,577 (2024 £106,587) in accordance with the deed of covenant signed in November 2019.”

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £1.2m. 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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£260k
Reserves (reported)
£447k
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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: 17.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brazil · Buckinghamshire · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Germany · Macedonia · Milton Keynes · Philippines · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.5m£1.5m
31/08/2024£1.8m£1.2m
31/08/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/08/2022£1.1m£960k
31/08/2021£968k£760k

Common questions

Is NEW LIFE CHURCH MILTON KEYNES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £15,757 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £3,471,558. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of preparation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

Who funds NEW LIFE CHURCH MILTON KEYNES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW LIFE CHURCH MILTON KEYNES as a grant recipient include CATALYST NETWORK OF CHURCHES, GATEWAY CHURCH ASHFORD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CATALYST NETWORK OF CHURCHESFY2022£613kRelated party disclosure - grants paid
CATALYST NETWORK OF CHURCHESFY2021£24k
CATALYST NETWORK OF CHURCHESFY2021£19k
GATEWAY CHURCH ASHFORDFY2023£5k
GATEWAY CHURCH ASHFORDFY2024£4k
GATEWAY CHURCH ASHFORDFY2025£4k
GATEWAY CHURCH ASHFORDFY2022£3k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH1£72k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW LIFE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW LIFE CHURCH MILTON KEYNES£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE TRUST FY2024£778k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW CITY CHURCH MILTON KEYNES FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH MINISTRIES (SLEAFORD) FY2025£585k—0above—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH LETCHWORTH CIO FY2025£115k—0above—no doubt
NEW MILTON EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH FY2025£353k—0unclear—no doubt

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