Lifespring Church

Analysis

Lifespring Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 08087254). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lifespring Church reported income of £686k and spending of £696k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £514k to £686k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lifespring Church sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill (£686k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, St Ives. Diocese of Ely. (£686k) and The Okapi Fund for Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (£685k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 71%, trading 23% and charitable activities 4.6%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8,997. Reserves of £487k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.