ALIVE BELIEVERS CENTRE

Registered charity 1119924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALIVE BELIEVERS CHURCH

To provide Spiritual, Health and Well-being Support for Children, Youth, and Older People; Promoting Community Cohesion through Luncheon Club, Education, Employment Services, Music, Basic Computing & Counselling and Providing Support Services for people with Mental health problems, and Older People, raising awareness of Dementia, isolation and independent living

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ENGLAND AND WALES (WITH THE BASE IN LIVERPOOL) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, WORSHIP SERVICES, BIBLE STUDY, TRACTS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION .2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN LEARNING CO-CORPORATE SINGING OF HYMNS, THE USE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SUCH AS KEYBOARD, GUITAR, FLUTE, TRUMPET, DRUMS ETC, AND BASIC COMPUTING PROGRAMMES FOR BEGINNERS.3. TO PROVIDE CONCILIATION SERVICE, THROUGH PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED COUNSELLORS, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, FOR COUPLES WHOSE RELATIONSHIP APPEARS TO BE BREAKING DOWN, AND WHERE BREAKDOWN ALREADY OCCURS, TO ADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OVER ASSOCIATED MATTERS, SUCH AS CUSTODY, ACCESS TO CHILDREN ETC.4. TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF MERSEYSIDE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, AGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS 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 LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£138k
Latest spending
£140k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £1,749.86, reducing its total net assets from £312,890.00 to £311,140.00. The trustees report that the charity successfully redeemed all outstanding loans to become debt-free, although funds remained a limiting factor. The charity maintains a significant unrestricted reserve of £243,455.00, which the trustees describe as a 'Capital Redemption Reserve Fund' set aside for property acquisition.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“No cost has been incurred to generate voluntary income” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least 85% of voluntary income (held: £243k)
“Trustees resolved in 2009 that at least 85% of voluntary income (as at 2024 – £251,790) be set aside as ‘Capital Redemption Reserve Fund’” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Property held in trust by trustees
“redeeming the properties of Dr & Mrs Abel Adegoke (our charity’s chairman), and Mrs Cecilia Odeyemi (our first Women’s leader) who gave their homes as collateral for the property, and thus were holding Boaler Street in trust” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£138k£140k
31/12/2024£125k£86k
31/12/2023£114k£110k
31/12/2022£139k£103k
31/12/2021£117k£108k

Common questions

Is ALIVE BELIEVERS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £1,749.86, reducing its total net assets from £312,890.00 to £311,140.00. The trustees report that the charity successfully redeemed all outstanding loans to become debt-free, although funds remained a limiting factor. The charity maintains a significant unrestricted reserve of £243,455.00, which the trustees describe as a 'Capital Redemption Reserve Fund' set aside for property acquisition. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ALIVE BELIEVERS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ALIVE BELIEVERS CENTRE as a grant recipient include SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2023£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/05/2024£120kBeat Isolation Live Well Age Well
The National Lottery Community Fund10/09/2021£10kOlder People - Beat Loneliness Project
UK government17/07/2020£28kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALIVE ACTIVITIES LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ALIVE BELIEVERS CENTRE£138k—0unclear0.0%no doubt
ALIVE ACTIVITIES LIMITED FY2025£747kmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
ALIVE CITY CHURCH FY2025£378k—0unclear—no doubt
ALIVE CHURCH LINCOLN FY2025£1.9m—0below—no doubt
ST ALBANS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
ALIVE CITY CHURCH UK FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt

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