THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 1137050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCIGB

The LCiGB is a family of Lutheran congregations worshipping in Great Britain. We are members of the Lutheran World Federation. If you would like details of your nearest congregation, please see our website www.lutheranchurch.co.uk or email us at [email protected] and we will be glad to help you.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £54,263 were held at year-end, which is significantly above the stated reserves policy target of £6,000. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £6,570, driven by restricted fund expenditure exceeding income, while unrestricted funds increased. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and noted that unrestricted funds were sufficient to meet main operational costs.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07034897

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.

• MATHEWSON, David — director, appointed 25/04/2026on trustee list
• HAUPT, Laura, Rev — director, appointed 20/04/2024on trustee list
• PATEL, Rakesh — director, appointed 20/04/2024on trustee list
• GAJDACZ, Anita — director, appointed 11/12/2021on trustee list
• KEHLE, Sesulelo — director, appointed 10/06/2018on trustee list
• HLAWICZKA, Paulina Ewa, Right Reverend — director, appointed 13/12/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anita Gajdacz
• David Mathewson
• Laura Haupt
• RAKESH PATEL
• Rev Paulina Hlawiczka · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Sarah Bagnall Farrow · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sesulelo Kehle

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Rev Paulina Hlawiczka — trustee here and at THE LUTHERAN COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN

Known funders

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

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 THE LUTHERAN COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN.

• THE LUTHERAN COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN income £561k
• THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND income £1.2m
• LONDON CHURCH INTERNATIONAL income £497k
• LINTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £174k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, ST ALBANS income £200k
• THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN UK income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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