NEW LIFE LANCASTER
CREATING A GROWING, CHANGING AND PASSIONATE CHURCH, WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BECOME PART OF A CHURCH FAMILY IN WHICH PEOPLE OF EVERY AGE, CLASS, ETHNICITY, AND LIFE EXPERIENCE FIND A HOME. WE ARE CREATING A CHURCH WHICH DEMONSTRATES GOD'S HEART FOR THE POOR, THE HURTING AND THE SPIRITUALLY LOST; A CHURCH WHICH EXHIBITS THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST.
Objects
1) TO ADVANCE CHRISTIANITY IN LANCASHIRE AND ELSEWHERE, BY MEANS OR MEDIUM THAT IS OR MAY BECOME AVAILABLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF DOCTRINE SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BECAUSE OF SICKNESS OR AGE OR SOME OTHER REASON3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BOTH GENERAL AND VOCATIONAL FOR CHILDREN OR ADULTS BUT ALWAYS WITHIN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH4) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDER APPROPRIATE
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total funds increased to £288,013, with unrestricted funds rising to £242,358. The trustees confirm that reserves are appropriate to the charity's size and risk profile, noting that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
“Donations received from Trustees £12,770 (2024: £11,171)” — page 17
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 50
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 50
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 50
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/11/2015)
Trustees
- Andrew Charles Higgs
- Harold Barry Sanders
- Rephael Walmsley
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £201k | £108k |
| 31/12/2024 | £124k | £96k |
| 31/12/2023 | £106k | £89k |
| 31/12/2022 | £124k | £82k |
| 31/12/2021 | £116k | £83k |
Common questions
Is NEW LIFE LANCASTER financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £288,013, with unrestricted funds rising to £242,358. The trustees confirm that reserves are appropriate to the charity's size and risk profile, noting that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW LIFE LANCASTER | £201k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEW LIFE CHURCH WINCHESTER | £192k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEW LIFE CHURCH WORTHING | £186k | £29,575 | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEW LIFE CHURCH, HAMPTON | £41k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH FORDINGBRIDGE | £255k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NEW LIFE CHURCH LETCHWORTH CIO | £115k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |