New Life Christian Fellowship

Analysis

New Life Christian Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gainsborough. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2024, New Life Christian Fellowship reported income of £36k and spending of £37k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £64k to £36k (-43%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, New Life Christian Fellowship sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dalaid (£36k), S.e.e.d (Secondary Education to Encourage Development) (£36k) and Al-Falah Trust UK (£36k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.