Living Word Community Church

Analysis

Living Word Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Billericay. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07338966). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Living Word Community Church reported income of £234k and spending of £121k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £88k to £234k (+166%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Living Word Community Church sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aspire Community Enterprise (Sheffield) Limited (£234k), Race on the Agenda (£234k) and King's Church (Milton Keynes) (£233k).