Life Church South Bedfordshire

Analysis

Life Church South Bedfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dunstable. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Life Church South Bedfordshire reported income of £25k and spending of £27k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £31k to £25k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Life Church South Bedfordshire 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 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Nuneaton (£25k), Islington Managua Friendship Association (£25k) and The Gap Cardiff (£25k).