CHRISTIAN LIFE CHURCH

Registered charity 1189932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advance the Christian religion, mainly but not exclusively, by means of preaching and teaching; andto relieve the needs of people living, primarily but not exclusively, in the city of Hereford and the former county of Hereford by reason of their economic and/or social circumstance. The charity operates as a church.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 4.1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MEANS OF PREACHING AND TEACHING; AND 4.2. TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR ECONOMIC AND/OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE LIVING, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE CITY OF HEREFORD AND THE FORMER COUNTY OF HEREFORD.

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

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of HEREFORD CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST (charity 510174) — merger registered 19/01/2026.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£712k

Latest spending

£315k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a significant increase in total income to £711,723, largely driven by a one-off asset transfer of £351,288 from a related trust. Unrestricted reserves stood at £1,119,534, with free reserves of £150,106, which the trustees state comfortably exceeds their policy target of two months' expenditure. The organization remains a going concern with adequate resources to meet its obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum of 2 months’ expenditure (reserves figure: £1.1m)

“The trustees have set our reserves policy as to hold in reserve a minimum of 2 months’ expenditure and are happy with the adequacy of the level of reserves held.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Property rented to employee

“During the year the CIO rented out one of its investments properties to an employees of the CIO at a conservative market rate.” — page 18

“T Mitchell, a member of the key management, is employed as Senior Pastor of the charity. A Mitchell, the spouse of T Mitchell, is employed by the CIO as Finance Manager. During the year ended 31 December 2025 A Mitchell received total gross remuneration of £13,552 in respect of this role.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Spouse of key management personnel employed

“During the year the CIO rented out one of its investments properties to an employees of the CIO at a conservative market rate.” — page 18

“T Mitchell, a member of the key management, is employed as Senior Pastor of the charity. A Mitchell, the spouse of T Mitchell, is employed by the CIO as Finance Manager. During the year ended 31 December 2025 A Mitchell received total gross remuneration of £13,552 in respect of this role.” — 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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 120
Government income: £6,417 — grants £6,417 (3); under 1% of the £711,723 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £5,722 — grants £5,722 (2); 2% of the £295,013 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 100

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £178k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£712k

Total spending

£315k

Cost of raising funds

£28k

Reserves (reported)

£150k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Esther Ruth Rudge
John David Jackson
Kanute Kindamba
Martin Farkas
Michael Davis

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£712k	£315k
31/12/2024	£295k	£261k
31/12/2023	£254k	£230k
31/12/2022	£240k	£238k
31/12/2021	£215k	£170k

Common questions

Is CHRISTIAN LIFE CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a significant increase in total income to £711,723, largely driven by a one-off asset transfer of £351,288 from a related trust. Unrestricted reserves stood at £1,119,534, with free reserves of £150,106, which the trustees state comfortably exceeds their policy target of two months' expenditure. The organization remains a going concern with adequate resources to meet its obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

LIFE CITY CHURCH income £415k
Life Christian Church income £43k
CHAPEL OF LIFE income £285k
LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £30k
CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE HORSHAM CIO income £308k
LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH BRISTOL income £209k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHRISTIAN LIFE CHURCH	£712k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LIFE CITY CHURCH FY2025	£415k	£44,520	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Life Christian Church FY2025	£43k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHAPEL OF LIFE FY2025	£285k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE HORSHAM CIO FY2025	£308k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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