Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

LIFESPRING CHURCH AND CENTRE 

We hold corporate worship services at Ollerton and Church Warsop as well as holding small group meetings called Life Groups in midweek. In midweek, we also run outreach projects such as Parent and Toddler, Make Lunch, youth activities and activities for some specialist groups such as Autism and Mental Health issues. Our method is to draw people together, to show love and to serve them.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£163£173£-10n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£210£203£7n/an/an/an/an/a57
31/03/21£877£120£757£0£757£69068.8440
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

http://www.lifespring.org.uk/

office@lifespring.org.uk

01623860303

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Lifespring Church and Centre
£2,500 04/11/2021
We are looking for funding for “Community Action Response” or CAR for short. The project serves North Nottinghamshire and has a Centre at Ollerton and one at Warsop. It operates under the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/2020, number: 1187584
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/11/2019, number: 12323109
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Lifespring Church
Lifespring Centre
Sherwood Drive
New Ollerton
NEWARK
NG22 9PP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC (THE OBJECTS): (A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROMTIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; (B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS ORSERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORSFROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND (C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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