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LIFESPRING CHURCH

Registered charity 1148013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sunday morning services provide opportunities to worship God,weekly Cell groups are running to support people & teach them about the Christian Faith.Encounter courses are run to help people get a deeper understanding & experience of God. Regular weekly & monthly prayer meetings also take place.Youth events & teaching for all age groups are held.A Mother & Toddler group is also held weekly.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£660k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a total cash balance of £440,412 and unrestricted free reserves of £1,889,402, describing the finances as healthy. The charity generated a net surplus of £571,342 for the year, significantly higher than the previous year's £133,718, largely due to a one-off property transfer from Lifespring Trust. The trustees confirm there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to one Director for Cafe 12 assistant role
“One Director received remuneration of £11,334 for their role as Cafe 12 assistant (2023: £12,516). Employer National and insurance contributions paid on their behalf totalled £777” — page 12
“Five directors donated an aggregate amount of £39,764 (2023: Five Directors; £36,606) to Lifespring Church during this financial year.” — page 13
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from five Directors
“One Director received remuneration of £11,334 for their role as Cafe 12 assistant (2023: £12,516). Employer National and insurance contributions paid on their behalf totalled £777” — page 12
“Five directors donated an aggregate amount of £39,764 (2023: Five Directors; £36,606) to Lifespring Church during this financial year.” — page 13
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £495k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£660k
Cost of raising funds
£40k
Reserves (reported)
£407k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Mozambique · Reading · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.2m£660k
31/12/2023£760k£627k
31/12/2022£531k£539k
31/12/2021£514k£462k
31/12/2020£472k£564k

Common questions

Is LIFESPRING CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a total cash balance of £440,412 and unrestricted free reserves of £1,889,402, describing the finances as healthy. The charity generated a net surplus of £571,342 for the year, significantly higher than the previous year's £133,718, largely due to a one-off property transfer from Lifespring Trust. The trustees confirm there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE SACHS FOUNDATION1£383k
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFESPRING CHURCH AND CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIFESPRING CHURCH£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
LIFESPRING CHURCH AND CENTRE FY2025£214k—0above—no doubt
EARLESFIELD COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2026£109k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE (CROYDON) FY2025£1.3mUnder £60,0000above0.0%no doubt
EMMANUEL CHURCH (BRAMCOTE) FY2025£179k—0within—noted
COMMAND PRAYER CENTRE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL FY2025£209k—0unclear—noted

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