LIFELINE CHURCH

Registered charity 1134281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Christian faith principally by the running of a local church and related activities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, ARE THROUGHOUT THE UK ANDWORLD-WIDE:-= 3.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION;3.3 TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND3.4 TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:-3.4.1 THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH;3.4.2 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION INTHE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BYREASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ANDECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFEFOR SUCH PERSONS; AND3.4.3 THE PROVISION OF TRAINING WITH THE OBJECT OF RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.

Area of benefit: THE UK AND WORLD-WIDE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the Group's and parent charitable company's affairs as at 31 March 2025. The independent auditors concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. 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.

• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07033697

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.

• JAQUES, Neil Andrew — director, appointed 09/12/2013on trustee list
• GRIFFIN, Richard Thomas — director, appointed 05/07/2012on trustee list
• JARVIS, Kenneth John — director, appointed 01/03/2010not on trustee list
• MCINTYRE, Avril Martha — director, appointed 29/09/2009not on trustee list
• MCINTYRE, Avril Martha — secretary, appointed 07/09/2012

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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~97.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/05/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Avril McIntyre MBE DLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• KEN JARVIS
• NEIL ANDREW JAQUES
• RICHARD GRIFFIN

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Haringey · Havering · Redbridge

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• LIFE CHURCH MINISTRIES income £1.6m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BLACKHEATH income £484k
• LIFELINE COMMUNITY PROJECTS income £3.5m
• CHRISTIAN LIFE FELLOWSHIP income £359k
• A-LIFE FAITH CHAPEL income £162k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH MILTON KEYNES income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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