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STRINGS OF LIFE

Registered charity 1139898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We have different fellowship groups. For children, young people, university students and local residents. We had worship training every year. To develop and improve our members creative arts gifts in order to perform, rearrange and compose hymns in contemporary worship style. We have worked with Leeds Chinese Community Association. We held some medical talks to Chinese people in Leeds.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN LEEDS AND DISTRICT ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN THE SCHEDULE HEREOF B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN LEEDS.(II) TO ESTABLISH OR PROCURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTRE AND MAINTAIN AND MANAGE SUCH A CENTRE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£109k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £5,358 for the year, with total income of £108,659 and expenditure of £103,301. Net assets increased to £64,810 at the end of the financial year, indicating stable financial resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

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: 50
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £22,600 — grants £22,600 (3); 24% of the £92,688 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £40,000 — grants £40,000 (1); 32% of the £126,916 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 29/07/2025, 271 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 15/05/2024, 197 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£109k£103k
31/12/2024£93k£81k
31/12/2023£127k£124k
31/12/2022£138k£145k
18/01/2022£65k£40k

Common questions

Is STRINGS OF LIFE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £5,358 for the year, with total income of £108,659 and expenditure of £103,301. Net assets increased to £64,810 at the end of the financial year, indicating stable financial resources.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2023£40kHong Kong British National Overseas (HKBNOs) Welcome Programme

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED1£290k
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST1£46k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED1£26k
R S CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED1£20k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTD1£16k
KKMG1£15k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST1£10k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STRINGS OF LIFE£109k—0unclear—no doubt
STRING OF PEARLS FY2025£599k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVING STONES CHRISTIAN LIFE AND MEDIA CENTRE FY2025£278k—0below—no doubt
SPRING OF LIFE MINISTRY FY2026£65k—0unclear—no doubt
UNITED STRINGS OF EUROPE CIO FY2025£129k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TREE OF LIFE CENTRE WYTHENSHAWE FY2025£561knot more than £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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