FIRST LOVE CALVARY CHURCH

Registered charity 1201055 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The church advances Christianity in accordance with biblical teachings through weekly Sunday worship, bible studies, prayer meetings and outreach activities. The church operates with a vision to return to first love in Jesus and to make disciples of all nations. We strive to connect, grow and serve together in the kingdom of God as one family.

Objects

THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS ARE:-3.1 ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN LONDON, OTHER PARTS OF LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY; AND3.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF LONDON, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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: Redbridge, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £12,868 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a decrease in total income to £36,846. Total unrestricted funds increased to £61,327, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of unrestricted expenditure. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

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 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13055356

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ALBERT SUNDARARAJ, John Sundararaj — director, appointed 15/10/2021not on trustee list
• STEPHEN, Elisha — director, appointed 15/10/2021on trustee list
• BENSON MOSES, Benjamin — director, appointed 01/12/2020not on trustee list
• SUMATHI, Carmel — secretary, appointed 05/10/2021

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Benjamin Benson Moseschair
• Elisha Stephen
• John Sundararaj Albert Sundararaj

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH income £78k
• CALVARY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP SILKSWORTH income £83k
• CALVARY CHAPEL CARDIFF income £106k
• FIRST LOVE CHURCH income £2.9m
• CALVARY CHURCH income £101k
• FIRST LOVE FOUNDATION LIMITED income £693k

Side by side with its peers

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