Lifestream Church Trust

Analysis

Lifestream Church Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lifestream Church Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £14k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,325 to £11k (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lifestream Church Trust sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Herring's Almshouses (£11k), The C & E Trust Limited (£11k) and Jemima Octavia Cooper for the Poor (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.