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The Life Community

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1178447DevonReligion
Income£30k2025-10-31
Spending£32ksame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause40th pctReligion
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Life Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Life Community reported income of £30k and spending of £32k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £63k to £30k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Life Community sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moreton Outwoods and Bromstead Community Centre (£30k), The International Deliverance Sanctuary (£30k) and The Mustard Seed Evangelical Church (£30k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£17k£34k£51k£67k2021 Income: £62,8832021 Spending: £63,07120212022 Income: £54,6222022 Spending: £54,76920222023 Income: £61,4912023 Spending: £67,38020232024 Income: £61,4912024 Spending: £67,38020242025 Income: £29,8672025 Spending: £31,8302025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Community Baptist church

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Moreton Outwoods and Bromstead Community CentreShropshire£30k
The International Deliverance SanctuaryLondon£30k
The Mustard Seed Evangelical ChurchCornwall£30k
Maldon District Islamic Cultural Association ( Mica)Maldon£30k