LIVING WATERS EUROPE

Registered charity 1152890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVISION OF BOOKS, TRACTS PAMPHLETS AND LIKE LITERATURE DESIGNED TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY THE MOUNTING OF PUBLIC WORSHIP, PRAYER AND EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AND THE PROVISION OF BOOKS, TRACTS PAMPHLETS AND LIKE LITERATURE DESIGNED TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

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

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Registered contact address: Newark and Sherwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£192k

Latest spending

£178k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £14,113 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total funds increasing to £87,626. The trustees report that income remained healthy and costs were kept low, resulting in a small surplus. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £87,626, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of six to twelve months' expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around six to twelve months' expenditure (held: £88k)

“The charity has relatively small fixed costs, and so the Trustees are content to maintain reserves at the level of around six to twelve months' expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity's employee during the year was a family member of a trustee. The average number of employees was 1. The charity occupies premises owned by one of the trustees and paid rent during the year of £17,448.

“The charity's employee during the year was a family member of a trustee. The average number of employees was 1. The charity occupies premises owned by one of the trustees and paid rent during the year of £17,448.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 19/08/2024, 141 days after the 31/03/2024 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.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08465754

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.

RILEY, Christopher Mark — director, appointed 07/01/2015not on trustee list
HARRIS, Daniela Margot — director, appointed 28/03/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Chris Riley
DANIELA MARGOT HARRIS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£192k	£178k
31/05/2024	£151k	£158k
31/05/2023	£229k	£184k
31/05/2022	£86k	£88k
31/05/2021	£68k	£72k

Common questions

Is LIVING WATERS EUROPE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £14,113 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total funds increasing to £87,626. The trustees report that income remained healthy and costs were kept low, resulting in a small surplus. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £87,626, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of six to twelve months' expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIVING WATERS FOURSQUARE CHURCH.

LIVING WATERS FOURSQUARE CHURCH income £51k
LIVING WATERS CHRISTIAN CENTRE (LEWISHAM TRUST) income £67k
LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE) income £1.2m
THE LIVING WATERS TRUST income £128k
LIVING WATERS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £229k
LIVING WATERS CHURCH INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £27k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LIVING WATERS EUROPE	£192k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIVING WATERS FOURSQUARE CHURCH FY2025	£51k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LIVING WATERS CHRISTIAN CENTRE (LEWISHAM TRUST) FY2025	£67k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIFE CHURCH (EUROPE) FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIVING WATERS TRUST FY2025	£128k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIVING WATERS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2025	£229k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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