LUTON WORSHIP CENTRE

Registered charity 1166848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH TEACHING, PREACHING, BIBLE STUDY, DONATION OF BIBLES, TRANSLATION OF BIBLES INTO LOCAL LANGUAGES AND PROVISION AND DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER SUITABLE CHRISTIAN MEDIA AND LITERATURE. 2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY 3. ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION4. ADVANCEMENT OF GOOD HEALTH

Objects

LUTON WORSHIP CENTRE COMMITS ITSELF TO DO THE FOLLOWING IN LUTON AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH TEACHING, PREACHING, BIBLE STUDY, DONATION OF BIBLES, TRANSLATION OF BIBLES INTO LOCAL LANGUAGES AND PROVISION AND DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER SUITABLE CHRISTIAN MEDIA AND LITERATURE. 2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY 3. ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG CHILDREN IN LOCAL SCHOOLS IN LUTON AND ABROAD THROUGH DONATION OF STORY BOOKS, STATIONERY AND ASSOCIATED LEARNING RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES. 4. ADVANCEMENT OF GOOD HEALTH IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ABROAD THROUGH THE SOURCING OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR FUNDS WHICH LOCAL HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES CAN USE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £15,278 for the year, with total payments of £52,308 exceeding total receipts of £37,030. The trustees recommend maintaining an unrestricted reserve of approximately £3,000 to cover unforeseen costs, though the specific unrestricted reserves figure is not explicitly stated in the provided text. The charity relies on donations, offerings, and hall hire for income and has no speculative investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Investment
• 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)

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2025 (received 20/01/2026, 23 days after the 28/12/2025 due date); year ending 28/02/2023 (received 12/05/2024, 136 days after the 28/12/2023 due date); year ending 28/02/2022 (received 31/12/2022, 3 days after the 28/12/2022 due date); year ending 28/02/2021 (received 31/12/2022, 368 days after the 28/12/2021 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fredrick Akandi
• JOHN MBURU B. ED.
• Oluwafunmilayo Vaughn
• RAYMOND JOHN PARKES

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

Operates in: Kenya · Luton

Income and spending

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