GRACE LIFE CHURCH LTD

Registered charity 1199130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRACE LIFE CHURCH

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN MANCHESTER AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£90k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £43,892 for the year, with total income of £90,250 against total expenditure of £46,358. The trustees report unrestricted reserves of £103,429, which they consider sufficient to meet working capital requirements and protect the organisation against significant drops in funding. The charity is funded primarily by donations and grants, with no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least one month of the expenditure (reserves figure: £103k)

“The policy is also to keep the administration costs down and not to commit to any long-term programmes or financial commitments unless and until funding is secured for that particular program.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Pastor Andrew Grimshaw (Trustee) is salaried.

“Pastor Andrew Grimshaw however is salaried for the pastoral work of Grace Life Church Ltd”

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
Paying staff
Risk management
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 31/05/2025

Volunteers: 35
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 31/05/2024

Volunteers: 10
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 31/05/2023

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Marian Angela Surgenorchair
Alison Grimshaw
Andrew Grimshaw
Danny Akufuna
MARGARITE KAMANKEN-BILLE
Rebeccah Maame Anowah Biney
Roosevelt Amalu

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£90k	£46k
31/05/2024	£39k	£35k
31/05/2023	£38k	£42k

Common questions

Is GRACE LIFE CHURCH LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £43,892 for the year, with total income of £90,250 against total expenditure of £46,358. The trustees report unrestricted reserves of £103,429, which they consider sufficient to meet working capital requirements and protect the organisation against significant drops in funding. The charity is funded primarily by donations and grants, with no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GRACE LIFE CHURCH LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GRACE LIFE CHURCH LTD as a grant recipient include THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/01/2025	£19k	Grace Life Church: Serving Up Support in Openshaw

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
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GRACE TRUST.

THE GRACE TRUST income £68.2m
LIFE CHURCH LUTTERWORTH income £41k
GRACE CHURCH MANCHESTER income £184k
GRACE CHURCH DENBIGH income £142k
GRACE TO GRACE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE income £330k
GRACE CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GRACE LIFE CHURCH LTD	£90k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE GRACE TRUST FY2025	£68.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIFE CHURCH LUTTERWORTH FY2026	£41k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GRACE CHURCH MANCHESTER FY2025	£184k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE CHURCH DENBIGH FY2025	£142k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GRACE TO GRACE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FY2025	£330k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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