LIFEHOUSE CHURCH

Registered charity 1170211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are for the benefit of the public. To advance the Christian faith, to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health and to advance education in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom as the directors may think fit.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ("THE OBJECTS"):4.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;4.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND 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 COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND4.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £11,153 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income increasing to £660,792. Per the trustees' report, free/unrestricted reserves decreased to £116,657, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The auditor confirmed that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Hollingworthchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOESEPH WILLIAM NEEDHAM
• Jane Patricia Meakin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Steele · trustee of 1 other charity
• Toluwani Bello

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH (WARWICKSHIRE).

• LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH (WARWICKSHIRE) income £168k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH MINISTRIES (SLEAFORD) income £585k
• HEART CHURCH income £1.3m
• LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH BRISTOL income £209k
• LIFE CHURCH (CENTRAL ENGLAND) income £228k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH WINCHESTER income £192k

Side by side with its peers

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