Lifeline Church

Analysis

Lifeline Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07033697). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Lifeline Church reported income of £1.2m and spending of £479k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £2.7m to £1.2m (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lifeline Church sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ramgarhia Board Leicester & Leicestershire (£1.2m), Belmont Abbey General CIO (£1.2m) and The Pious Society of the Daughters of St Paul (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 10.0%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £91k. Reserves of £6.2m would cover about 150 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.