NEW LIFE LANCASTER

Registered charity 1150634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIANS ALIVE - 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

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lancaster, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£201k
Latest spending
£108k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from Trustees £12,770 (2024: £11,171)
“Donations received from Trustees £12,770 (2024: £11,171)” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW LIFE LANCASTER£201k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH WINCHESTER FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH WORTHING FY2025£186k£29,5750unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH, HAMPTON FY2025£41k—0within—no doubt
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH FORDINGBRIDGE FY2024£255k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH LETCHWORTH CIO FY2025£115k—0above—no doubt

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