Shepshed Word of Life Church

Analysis

Shepshed Word of Life Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shepshed Word of Life Church reported income of £182k and spending of £217k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £368k to £182k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shepshed Word of Life Church sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Word International Church (England) (£182k), Heart of Holbrooks (£182k) and Cambridge Presbyterian Church (£182k).

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.