Lifehouse Ministries

Analysis

Lifehouse Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06889092). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lifehouse Ministries reported income of £45k and spending of £47k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £27k to £45k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lifehouse Ministries sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sikh History and Religious Education (Share) (£45k), Discover Islam Luton (£45k) and The Rainbow of Hope/Paradise Run (£45k).

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.