NEWLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 1125377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MINISTERIO NOVA VIDA

Relief of PovertyOverseas aid/Famine reliefReligious activities.People of a particular ethnic or racial originGeneral public/Mankind.Makes grants to individualsProvides other financeProvides human resources

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONG PORTUGUESE SPEAKING COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE GREATER LONDON AREA (THE BENEFICIARIES) BY SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG THE BENEFICIARIES BY PROVISION OF ADVICE, ADVOCACY, TRAINING AND TRANSLATION SERVICES TO FACILITATE THEIR ACCESS TO LOCAL OR STATE SERVICES, BENEFITS, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.

Area of benefit: LONDON

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£35k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £3,493.87 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £35,377.36 and total expenditure of £31,883.49. At year-end, the charity held unrestricted net assets of £35,286.57, primarily in cash. The trustees state that the charity does not currently operate a formal reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £19,600 — grants £19,600 (1); 25% of the £79,100 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £4,500 — grants £4,500 (2); 11% of the £42,537 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£35k£32k
31/12/2024£79k£63k
31/12/2023£43k£47k
31/12/2022£31k£25k
31/12/2021£14k£12k

Common questions

Is NEWLIFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income surplus of £3,493.87 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £35,377.36 and total expenditure of £31,883.49. At year-end, the charity held unrestricted net assets of £35,286.57, primarily in cash. The trustees state that the charity does not currently operate a formal reserves policy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEWLIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEWLIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/09/2024£20kCommunity Integration and Migrant Support Effort
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2022£10kACE Alive Canning Town

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 NEW LIFE LONDON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEWLIFE TRUST£35k——unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE LONDON FY2025£70k—0above—no doubt
NEW LIFE (SCUNTHORPE) FY2025£358k—0above—no doubt
NEW LIFE DERBY FY2025£576k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH FY2025£61k—0unclear—no doubt
SHARING LIFE TRUST FY2025£114k—0above—no doubt

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