Lifespring

Registered charity 1160962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KCH, KINGS CHURCH HORSHAM

The Charity is responsible for Lifespring, providing Bible teaching, pastoral care for members and preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.We work with Christians Against Poverty in areas such as Debt Advice and lifeskillsThere is involvement and support for a church in Romania and another in Zambia and surrounding African Countries

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN HORSHAM, WEST SUSSEX AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £692,716, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of 13 weeks of expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £63,377 and held cash reserves of £1,004,218, indicating adequate liquidity to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Baldwin Scofield Ltd. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Lifespring (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michaela Corrine Sargeantchair
• Hannah Viet
• Jonathan Sheldon
• Jonathan Wintermeyer
• NATHAN BLOCH

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

Operates in: Romania · West Sussex · Zambia

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.