LOWESTOFT COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1181951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal object of the Charity, as stated in the constitution, is "the advancement of the Christian faith in the UK and overseas; the advancement for the public benefit of religious and other education, and the relief of the aged, poor, sick, disabled and others in need."

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS; THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RELIGIOUS AND OTHER EDUCATION, AND THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, POOR, SICK, DISABLED AND OTHERS IN NEED.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£400k

Latest spending

£384k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £16,145 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £400,029 and total expenses of £383,884. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £274,404, which is above the stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 3 months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £274k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to approximately 3 months of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees and related parties

“During the year £20,430 (2024: £23,356) was received from the Trustees and their related parties as donations without conditions (including corresponding gift aid).” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 70
Government income: £10,350 — grants £10,350 (6); 3% of the £400,029 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 80
Government income: £5,500 — grants £5,500 (4); 2% of the £303,511 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 80
Government income: £5,763 — grants £5,763 (9); 2% of the £353,761 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Angela Mileham
BERNARD WARNES
Peter Hunt
Timothy Willis

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£400k	£384k
31/03/2024	£304k	£353k
31/03/2023	£354k	£321k
31/03/2022	£273k	£255k
31/03/2021	£318k	£238k

Common questions

Is LOWESTOFT COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £16,145 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £400,029 and total expenses of £383,884. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £274,404, which is above the stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LOWESTOFT COMMUNITY CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LOWESTOFT COMMUNITY CHURCH as a grant recipient include RELATIONAL MISSION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
RELATIONAL MISSION	FY2021	£15k	Grants for UK and overseas mission

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	04/09/2020	£3k	VSCE CMC Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PG & NJ BOULTON TRUST LIMITED	1	£48k

Charities like this

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

LONGCROFT CHURCH income £219k
LONGTON COMMUNITY CHURCH - STOKE ON TRENT income £67k
LAUNCESTON COMMUNITY CHURCH income £45k
THE LONDON FULL GOSPEL CENTRAL CHURCH income £978k
Wellsprings Community Church income £181k
FOREFRONT COMMUNITY CHURCH income £136k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LOWESTOFT COMMUNITY CHURCH	£400k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONGCROFT CHURCH FY2025	£219k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONGTON COMMUNITY CHURCH - STOKE ON TRENT FY2025	£67k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LAUNCESTON COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON FULL GOSPEL CENTRAL CHURCH FY2025	£978k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Wellsprings Community Church FY2026	£181k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.