NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY (DULWICH)

Registered charity 800178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH IS TO PROMOTE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND TO PROVIDE PLACES OF WORSHIP IN CONFORMITY WITH ITS STATEMENT OF DOCTRINE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP IS TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE SERVICES TO THE CHURCH AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, TO MAINTAIN CHURCH PROPERTY AND TO ORGANISE CONFERENCES AT VARIOUS TIMES AND PLACES.

Objects

ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND DEEPENING OF FAITH AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE OF INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS.

Area of benefit: CATCHMENT AREA OF CHURCH

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 · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £89,746 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £984,271. The trustees consider this level of funds appropriate to cover future expenditure and maintain financial stability. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~29.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALFIE SHIELDS
• BERNICE BENT
• DELORIS WILLIAMSON
• MARIE ST HILAIRE
• MARIE ST HILAIRE
• NEHEMIAH JESS
• Rev LOVEL BENT

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST APOSTOLIC INC.

• GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST APOSTOLIC INC income £137k
• NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £248k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD NEWNESS OF LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £229k
• NEW LIFE CHURCH WINCHESTER income £192k
• WARWICK NEW LIFE CHURCH income £110k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST NEW BOROUGH AND LEIGH, WIMBORNE income £627k

Side by side with its peers

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