Empowered Life Chapel

Analysis

Empowered Life Chapel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Feltham. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2023, Empowered Life Chapel reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2023, income grew from £10k to £15k (+49%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Empowered Life Chapel sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Playing Field, Recreation Ground and Village Hall (£15k), Woodstock Youth Work Trust (£15k) and Christhouse Bible Church (£15k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.