Wellspring Church Leicester

Registered charity 1195653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KING'S CHURCH LEICESTER

It seeks to demonstrate the Christian faith in action by proclaiming the Gospel and meeting needs in the Leicester area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1.TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN LEICESTER AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; AND4.2.TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILL-HEALTH, AGE, UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE ATTENDING THE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP OR OTHER CHURCHES IN LEICESTER.

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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Latest income

£353k

Latest spending

£298k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £55,076 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £353,413 and expenditure of £298,337. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash held at year-end was £148,665, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £55,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £149k)

“The trustees have determined that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £55,000 (which equates to about 3 months' of committed expenditure)” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Trustees received employment benefits totalling £16,302.31.

“During the Trustees received employment benefits totalling £16,302.31. (2023/24: £0)” — page 15

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

HUGH DAVID GRESHAM POTTERchair
Alison Newman
Danny Field
Nicholas Kerwin
Rachel Hunter
William Pearce

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

Operates in: Leicester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£353k	£298k
31/08/2024	£154k	£146k
31/08/2023	£147k	£124k
31/08/2022	£155k	£42k

Common questions

Is Wellspring Church Leicester financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £55,076 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £353,413 and expenditure of £298,337. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash held at year-end was £148,665, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £55,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD	1	£16k
THE BRIAN LESLIE RACHER 2004 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Wellsprings Community Church.

Wellsprings Community Church income £127k
ONE CHURCH LEICESTER income £1.6m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, LEICESTER income £739k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARYS LEAMINGTON PRIORS income £271k
CENTRE CHURCH income £167k
SERVANT'S CHURCH LIMITED income £185k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Wellspring Church Leicester	£353k	—	above	—	no doubt
Wellsprings Community Church FY2025	£127k	—	above	—	no doubt
ONE CHURCH LEICESTER FY2025	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, LEICESTER FY2025	£739k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARYS LEAMINGTON PRIORS FY2025	£271k	—	above	—	no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2024	£167k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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