NEW LIFE CHURCH, BIGGIN HILL

Registered charity 1172916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH, EDENBRIDGE

The primary aims of the Charity are to fulfill the roles of a Christian church in the Biggin Hill area and to provide help to others in promoting the Christian faith in the United Kingdom and overseas.

Objects

3.1. THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO ARE:3.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES WITHIN GREATER LONDON AND KENT AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; 3.1.2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN GREATER LONDON AND KENT AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES;3.1.3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR ESTABLISHMENTS IN GREATER LONDON AND KENT AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND3.1.4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AS SHALL IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES FACILITATE THE WORK OF THE FELLOWSHIP, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH AND DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES.

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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Registered contact address: Bromley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £15,699 for the year, which was covered by reserves. The trustees confirm that free reserves of approximately £252,000 exceed the stated policy target of £75,000, and they believe the charity can meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months.

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
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Diane Goodson
• DAVID WHITE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Isaac Mark Smith
• NEIL ALEXANDER JAMES HARDWICK

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

Operates in: Bromley · Kent · South Africa

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW LIFE CHURCH WORTHING.

• NEW LIFE CHURCH WORTHING income £186k
• NEW LIFE BIBLE CHURCH income £331k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH WINCHESTER income £192k
• NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £248k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH MILTON KEYNES income £1.5m
• NEW LIFE TRUST income £718k

Side by side with its peers

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