NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON)

Registered charity 1123257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church activities: holding regular services of worship, providing bible teaching, supporting missionaries.Education activities: operating a pre-school for children from 2 to 4 years, holding parent and toddler groups, employing a team to visit local schools and teach the christian faith.Relief of financial hardship and sickness activities: providing grants for needy individuals locally.

Objects

A) THE PROCLAMATION AND FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL OF GOD CONCERNING HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND THE PREACHING AND TEACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ESSENTIAL DOCTRINES AND ARTICLES OF BELIEF SET FORTH IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO,B) THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION IN CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDSC)THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £17,156 for the year ended 31 March 2026, following a surplus in the prior year. The trustees report that the current level of free reserves (£619,421) is higher than the stated policy target of approximately three months' unrestricted charitable expenditure (£353,728). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — New Life Christian Centre (croydon): Good · Ofsted

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06484891

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.

• CAIQUO, Cynthia — director, appointed 12/12/2022on trustee list
• ADEREMI, Adetayo Oyemade — director, appointed 02/10/2017on trustee list
• AMIAKA, Chima — director, appointed 06/09/2010on trustee list
• ONABOLU, Olukunle Adeniyi, Dr — director, appointed 28/01/2008on trustee list
• ROSSELL, Mark Andrew — director, appointed 28/01/2008on trustee list
• SOKAN, Babatunde Adetokunbo Tony — director, appointed 28/01/2008on trustee list
• AMIAKA, Chima — secretary, appointed 02/10/2017

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 £500k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Olukunle Onaboluchair
• Adetayo Aderemi
• CHIMA AMIAKA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cynthia Caiquo
• MARK ANDREW ROSSELL
• MR TONY SOKAN

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Charities like this

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

• NEW LIFE CHURCH BRISTOL income £104k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH WORTHING income £186k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH CAMBRIDGE income £114k
• NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £248k
• NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £88k
• NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £78k

Side by side with its peers

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