NEW LIFE (SCUNTHORPE)

Registered charity 1123917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education /Training. Prevention & relief of poverty, religious activities

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;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 DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ANDTO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£358k
Latest spending
£402k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position following the sale of property, with free reserves of £133,155. The trustees report that these reserves exceed their policy target of one quarter of annual operating costs, equating to approximately three months of reserves. Net income for the year was £357,955, though net expenditure exceeded this by £43,819.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one quarter of its annual operating costs (held: £133k)
“The charity's reserve policy is to hold no less than the equivalent of one quarter of its annual operating costs in reserve in the form of cash (or other short-term assets that may be realised for their cash value at no more than one month's notice).” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations made by trustees
“Donations made by trustees during the year amounted to £23,851 (2024: £28,940).” — page 24
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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £215k. 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 31/12/2024)

Total income
£721k
Total spending
£625k
Reserves (reported)
£136k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (42% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£358k£402k
31/12/2024£721k£625k
31/12/2023£588k£620k
31/12/2022£576k£608k
31/12/2021£552k£582k

Common questions

Is NEW LIFE (SCUNTHORPE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a healthy financial position following the sale of property, with free reserves of £133,155. The trustees report that these reserves exceed their policy target of one quarter of annual operating costs, equating to approximately three months of reserves. Net income for the year was £357,955, though net expenditure exceeded this by £43,819. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£10kFamily Bank
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2015£10kGifted Gardening, Scunthorpe
The National Lottery Community Fund10/01/2013£10kThe House Community Centre Green Room Refurbishment

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW LIFE (SCUNTHORPE)£358k—0above—no doubt
NEW LIFE LONDON FY2025£70k—0above—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH BISHOP'S STORTFORD FY2025£100k—0above—no doubt
NEW LIFE DERBY FY2025£576k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH FORDINGBRIDGE FY2024£255k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH FY2024£61k—0unclear—no doubt

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