CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH - EAST OF LUTON

Registered charity 1160819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRIST'S LIGHT BEARERS EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

A Pentecostal Church. Sunday Services - 10.00 am & 6.00 pm on Sundays, Bible Studies on Wednesdays 7.00 pm. Monthly Youth Fellowship - Last Sundays (marriage & career counselling.) Monthly interactive meeting - FAMILY FORUM where members of the family meet to discuss family issues - 2nd Sunday of every month at 6.00 pm and Prayer Night Vigil 1st Friday, All meetings are open to the general public.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR AND WORLDWIDE IN GENERAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND PROCLAIMING THE KINGDOM OF GOD THROUGH PREACHING THE UNDILUTED WORD OF GOD, ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRES FOR WORSHIP, LECTURES, CONFERENCES, PUBLICATIONS, MUSICAL CONCERTS, PRAYER, AND BY ENSURING SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF MEMBERS AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO BE DOERS OF THE WORD AND TO LIVE LIVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS AND PREVAILING PRAYER - IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEFS (TENETS) STATED BELOW (SEE CONSTITUTION).B. TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, MORAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE POOR, SICK, AGED OR HOPELESS AND/OR IN NEED ( IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR AND WORLDWIDE IN GENERAL) ESPECIALLY IN COUNTRIES CONNECTED WITH OUR CHURCH MEMBERS (CURRENTLY GHANA, NIGERIA, SIERRA LEONE AND UGANDA) BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE.C. TO ENGAGE WITH IN DIVERSE COMMUNITY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY WITH THE UN-CHURCHED, YOUTHS AND THE FAMILY - WHICH FORMS THE PIVOT OF THE SOCIETY, THROUGH THE RUNNING OF A FAMILY FORUM PROVIDING ADVICE AND COUNSELLING ON DIVERSE ISSUES.

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

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

Latest income
£88k
Latest spending
£66k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's only source of funds was contributions through members' tithe, offering, and donations, with no fundraising activity recorded for the year. Per the trustees' report, there are no reserves other than a specific fund for a property purchase, and the charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £178,975 at year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Members Contribution (98% of income)
“Members Contribution 86,126” — page 7
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Luton · Nigeria · Northamptonshire · Sierra Leone · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£88k£66k
31/12/2024£95k£44k
31/12/2023£64k£39k
31/12/2022£52k£43k
31/12/2021£55k£32k

Common questions

Is CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH - EAST OF LUTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's only source of funds was contributions through members' tithe, offering, and donations, with no fundraising activity recorded for the year. Per the trustees' report, there are no reserves other than a specific fund for a property purchase, and the charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £178,975 at year-end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.