BREAD OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1123248 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BREAD OF LIFE CHURCHES INTERNATIONAL

Objects: To advance the Christian Faith in Basildon and such other parts of the UK or the world as the charity may think fit; to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law and are connected with the charitable work of the trust; Relieving persons who are in conditions of need or hardship and any other purposes beneficial to the community the church operates.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:3.2.1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS) IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;3.2.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3.2.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.3.3 THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE CHURCH IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£77k
Latest spending
£76k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial state with unrestricted reserves exceeding £40,000, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operational budget. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £918.46 for the year, funded entirely by voluntary receipts, with no investments held and no material risks identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operational budget (held: £48k)
“The charity’s policy on reserves is to maintain reserves equivalent to a minimum of 3 months its operational budget.”
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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£77k£76k
31/03/2024£66k£65k
31/03/2023£63k£55k
31/03/2022£54k£55k
31/03/2021£60k£45k

Common questions

Is BREAD OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial state with unrestricted reserves exceeding £40,000, which is above the stated policy target of three months' operational budget. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £918.46 for the year, funded entirely by voluntary receipts, with no investments held and no material risks identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.