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Living Waters Pentecostal Church

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1050312PaigntonOverseas aid and international
Income£229k2025-03-31
Spending£216ksame year
Spent / received103%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctOverseas aid and international
Registered1995Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Living Waters Pentecostal Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Paignton. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Living Waters Pentecostal Church reported income of £229k and spending of £216k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £131k to £229k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Living Waters Pentecostal Church sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Eccelsiastical Parish of St James Styvechale (£228k), Harvest City Church (£231k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Hornsey London Diocese (£225k).

Income and spending

£0£57k£114k£172k£229k2021 Income: £131,0562021 Spending: £137,71420212022 Income: £137,4042022 Spending: £153,14920222023 Income: £159,6072023 Spending: £163,21220232024 Income: £174,8642024 Spending: £184,44420242025 Income: £228,8542025 Spending: £215,7912025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

In addition to local church activities of worship, fellowship and teaching, Living Waters provides financial and practical support for various missions, orphanages and training schools in Africa, India Europe and the Far East.

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CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Eccelsiastical Parish of St James StyvechaleCoventry£228k
Harvest City ChurchLeicester£231k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Hornsey London DioceseLondon£225k
The Pentecostal ChurchKent£232k