Living Waters Christian Centre (Lewisham Trust)

Analysis

Living Waters Christian Centre (Lewisham Trust) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 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 provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Living Waters Christian Centre (Lewisham Trust) reported income of £67k and spending of £66k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £76k to £67k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Living Waters Christian Centre (Lewisham Trust) sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leamington Hastings Consolidated Charity (£67k), Mount of Olives, Coleford (£68k) and The Covenant Box Church Worldwide (£67k).