LONG LANE CHURCH

Registered charity 1135655 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity operates as a church of the Christian Faith in Teaching, Worship, Communion, Junior Church, Prayer meetings,House Groups, Mums and Tots, Youth activities and Womens groups. The charity also supports Third world projects and aid.

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Latest income
£228k
Latest spending
£206k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £22,324 for the year, reversing a previous loss, with total reserves standing at £487,641. However, the trustees note that the charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant and donation support for its going concern status. Free unrestricted liquid reserves were £55,365, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of three months' forward funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months forward (held: £55k)
“Adequate reserves are maintained to fund the charity’s activities for at least three months forward.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant and donation support and as a consequence the going concern basis is also dependent on that continuing financial support.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Rob McAvoy received £20,000 remuneration for role as Pastor.
“Rob McAvoy, who is a trustee, received a remuneration amounting to £20,000 for his role as Pastor of the Church.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rob McAvoy, a trustee, received remuneration for his role as Pastor.
“Rob McAvoy, who is a trustee, received a remuneration amounting to £20,000 for his role as Pastor of the Church.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£228k£206k
31/03/2024£227k£262k
31/03/2023£225k£243k
31/03/2022£203k£182k
31/03/2021£194k£149k

Common questions

Is LONG LANE CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £22,324 for the year, reversing a previous loss, with total reserves standing at £487,641. However, the trustees note that the charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant and donation support for its going concern status. Free unrestricted liquid reserves were £55,365, which the trustees consider adequate against their policy target of three months' forward funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONG LANE CHURCH£228k—0unclear—noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS FY2025£802k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST EGHAM FY2025£879k—0unclear—no doubt
WELBY LANE MISSION CHURCH FY2025£119k£25,6670above—no doubt
CHILTERN CHURCH FY2025£276k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LONG DITTON FY2025£212k—0above—no doubt

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