WORD OF LIFE CELEBRATIONS CENTRE

Registered charity 1168912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WLCC

General Charitable Purposes,Education/training,The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty,Food bankReligious Activities.Economic/community Development/employment,Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity.Recreation,Arts/culture/heritage/science,Other Charitable Purposes.Who:Children/young People,Elderly/old people.People With Disabilities

Objects

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH ATTACHED AS AN ANNEX TO THIS CONSTITUTION.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MEANS OF BROADCASTING MESSAGES OF AN EVANGELISTIC AND TEACHING NATURE3. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF SEMINAR MEETING, LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, PRODUCING AND OF DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ON CHRISTIANITY TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.4. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND NEED AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK OR FURTHER AFIELD AS AN EXTENSION OF CHRISTIAN OUTREACH5. TO RELIEVE POVERTY/ FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELING AND SUPPORT IN UK/THE WORLD

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £3,952 for the year ended 28 February 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £119,530. The charity holds £26,026 in cash and bank balances against current creditors of £420 and long-term bank loans of £149,623. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales; Financial Conduct Authority; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £300k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK JOSEPHchair
• Dr Charles Darwin
• Dr SERAH AKELOLA
• GRACE WANJIRU MBUGUA
• PAULINE JOSEPH
• Rev Ruth Esther Charles

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Kenya · Nottinghamshire · Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).