2024-12-31-accounts - Life Church Ministries

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Life Church Ministries Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements Year Ended 31 December 2024

Charity registration number:1185953 Company registration number: 11973632 (a company limited by guarantee)

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Contents
	Page
Charity Reference and Administrative Details	3
Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report)	4 - 10
Independent Auditor’s Report	11 - 13
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities (Including Income and Expenditure Account)	14
Balance Sheets	15
Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows	16
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements	17 - 41

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Charity Reference and Administrative Details

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Charity registration number 1185953 Company registration number 11973632 Trustees Pastor Jonathan ‘Jock’ James Philip Manchester – resigned 11 June 2025 Pastor Luke Bryant – resigned 11 June 2025 Robert Atkin - Chair Justine Barnes John Kusi-Mensah Senior Leadership Team Lead Pastors: Jock and Shirley James Aaron Baxter Fiona Baxter Rob Hutcheson

Registered office

Life Church Ministries Wapping Road Bradford BD3 0EQ

Financial Reporting

Christopher James Darwin FCA Lead Director - Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants 3365 Century Way Leeds LS15 8ZB

Independent Auditor

Jordan Mitchell ACA Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants 3365 Century Way Leeds LS15 8ZB

Bankers

Barclays Bank plc 10 Market Street Bradford BD1 1EG

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Directors Report and Strategic Report)

Year Ended 31 December 2024

The Trustees present their report and the audited financial statements of the charity (and group) for the year ended 31 December 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” in preparing the annual report and financial statements of the charity.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published in October 2019.

Trustees of the charity

The directors of the charitable company are its trustees for the purposes of charity law. The trustees who have served during the year were as follows:

Philip Manchester – resigned 11 June 2025 Pastor Jonathan ‘Jock’ Mark James Pastor Luke Bryant – resigned 11 June 2025 Justin Dowds – resigned 12 June 2024 Robert Atkin - Chair Justine Barnes John Kusi-Mensah

Objectives and activities

The Charity's objectives are set out by the Memorandum and Articles of Association:

The advancement of the Christian Faith;
The relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress or who are aged or sick; and
The advancement of education based on Christian principles.

The mission and vision of our house is:

to Grow disciples; to Create community and to Impact society.
to help as many as possible to believe in Jesus, find belonging in God's house and become all they can be.
to do whatever it takes to help people find Jesus and build their lives on the truth of his word. To create a home where all feel welcome, included, and find a place to belong.
to create a space where everyone contributes, everyone cares, and everyone is growing to make a difference.
a place where dreams are awakened, and purposes are fulfilled. We want to see generations setting one another up to succeed and thrive, united to make a difference in our local community, empowering each other into massive endeavours that demonstrate the greatness of God.
we will be motivated by love and moved by compassion, to be a church that serves all and gives all.
we will continue to facilitate a house filled with the sound of thanksgiving, passion, and faith. A place where generosity abounds, and miracles happen.
that what we build will bring honour to God and make his name known across our city and nation.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Directors Report and Strategic Report)

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Public benefit statement

The trustees have referred to the Charity Commission's guidance on reporting on public benefit (section 17 of Charities Act 2011) when reviewing the Charity's aims and objectives, and when planning the Charity's activities. The trustees are therefore confident that the Charity meets the public benefit requirements. In particular, the trustees try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of the community through:

Worship and prayer, learning about the gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in God.
Provision of pastoral care for people living in the community, and
Missionary and outreach work.

Principal activities

The principal activities of the church have remained focused on our mission to grow disciples, create community, and impact society. Despite facing various challenges, we have experienced incredible growth and transformation this year.

Strategic Report

Achievements and performance

(i) LIFE church

As one of the largest independent churches in the UK, we approach the stewardship of all that LIFE Church is with the utmost respect and care. Known internationally for its multi-generational community, and multicultural congregants, we were thrilled to see the remarkable resilience and adaptability the church demonstrated throughout 2023.

Post the impact of COVID, operationally we continued to work hard to create a welcoming and engaging environment for everyone that attends the church and our wider activities. And in response we saw a resurgence in attendance. By the end of March, we had seen a 39% growth in Sunday attendance compared to the same period in 2022.

As a large church, a core part of what we do is to create life stage groups for our congregants. These happen all over the district and they help individuals to connect, find friendship and support, whilst also helping people to navigate their journey into Christianity. In 2023, we successfully created community engagement for 546 individuals across 52 LIFE groups .

In our dedication to growing disciples, we celebrated 174 first-time salvations in 2023, along with 45 water baptisms . Noteworthy were the transformative stories of the individuals that had overcome personal challenges to embrace Christ and shape their destinies. Which in turn inspired others in their own journeys. In 2023, we felt that it was time to rest our LIFE College programme. In the break, the team reimagined the leadership lectures and we offered a 10 week course to the LIFE Church congregation. We were delighted to see 230 students sign up to learn about how to be a life-giving leader.

(ii) Outreach

We were delighted to see the church’s response to a number of local and international social needs in 2022. Remaining committed to wanting to impact society through our community outreach initiatives, LIFE Church achieved the following:

Partners:

In 2023, we deepened our existing relationships and formed new partnerships that allowed us to serve our community effectively. Some key partners this year included:

The Love Christmas network, which is coordinated by Holy Trinity Brompton, London. LCN helped to fund our Christmas programme that reached several thousand across our city and helped to provide 300 local families with a Christmas food voucher.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Directors Report and Strategic Report)

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Two national children’s charities donated toys that enabled us to distribute gifts across the city in the lead up to the Christmas season. With their help we got to distribute over 13,628 brand new toy s , into local family homes, refuge shelters and refugee housing. What a privilege it was to help bring some festive joy to so many!

Aside from these, we networked with a further 43 local agencies and charities across the city of Bradford to help make a difference in the lives of the families that they work with.

Easter:

One of our key services each year is the celebration of Easter. The telling of the Easter story and the hope therein, welcomed 1,356 attendees, with 128 of those that attended asking to better understand the message of the Gospel. During Easter weekend, we distributed 700 Easter eggs to local families, ensuring joy and celebration in our community.

Christmas:

Our second key services each year are our annual 'Christmas Spectacular' and our Carol Service. This year the Spectacular drew 3,736 visitors , where we shared the good news of the Christmas message through the medium of music, dance, comedy and drama. For the majority of our families, to attend a festive pantomime at a local theatre is beyond their reach, so our free to attend Christmas Spectacular is our gift to them. It’s a lot of hard work to pull off, but so worth it to hear the laughter and to see the faces of the attendees!

It was a delight this year to partner with the Bradford Cathedral Choir who took part in this year's Carol Service. 1,226 people attended to sing and celebrate the Good News of Christmas!

Further Afield:

In 2023 we were delighted to partner with a number of charities and agencies that are making a positive difference in the lives of people around the world that we may never get to meet.

Samaritan’s Purse: we were able to send finance to help build a much needed well to provide clean water in Sudan.

Convoy of Hope: following the earthquake that hit on the 6th of February in Turkey / Syria, we were able to send finance that helped to provide nappies, hygiene products and food.

Ukraine: following the outbreak of war, we were able to send finance to a partnership church based on the ground in Poland, who had mobilised their people to serve at the refugee camps that were established at the border. What initially started as provision of care packages became in time full children and youth programmes. At a time when these youngsters were hit by unimaginable trauma and loneliness, the church became a family and a life line. What a privilege it was for us to play a small part in what was achieved.

Compassion: through this key partnership we get the privilege of connecting individuals to a children’s project in Africa, where the Compassion sponsorship programme is making a life changing difference in the lives of children. In 2023, a further 70 children were sponsored through this partnership.

(iii) Church Events and Ancillary Activities - CONFERENCES:

In 2023, we hosted 2 significant conferences which brought over a thousand delegates into the city of Bradofrd.

RockNations: In August, 918 young people gathered to attend our RockNations conference. Aimed specifically at 11-17 year olds, the conference was a great success on many levels, with at least 53 different churches represented at the conference from all around the UK & Ireland. Over the conference we saw 80 young people respond to the Gospel message.

Each year we invite the delegates to partner with us to do something charitable for others, and this year was no different. The young people gave an offering towards school books for the Ukrainian refugees being educated through the school initiative in Church LIFE Warsaw, and gave £2,929, which represented books for 146 young people.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Directors Report and Strategic Report)

Year Ended 31 December 2024

XCEL: In November, 663 men attended our XCEL conference from over 40 different churches from all around the UK & Ireland. 26 men responded to the Gospel. As with our youth conference, we presented an opportunity for the delegates to partner with us to do something charitable for others. This year the men raised money which was sent to Open Doors for their Hope for the Middle East project.

Conclusion:

On behalf of the staff and trustees, we would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to all our community partners, volunteers, and dedicated regular donors who consistently support our work each month. Your contributions, whether big or small, make a significant impact on what we do, and you truly are our unsung heroes! LIFE Church Ministries wishes to record our sincere gratitude.

Financial review (including reserves policy)

Financial overview

The group recorded a modest surplus of £23K during 2024 which continued the trend of improved results over recent years.

At the end of the year, the consolidated net assets were £5,488K (2023:£5,465K) of which £4K (2023:£17K) were restricted funds.

The group's main source of income continues to be the tithes and offerings from church attendees and similar income, amounting to just over £1M in both 2024 and 2023.

An encouraging feature for the future was the continuing recovery of commercial revenue streams from £92K in 2022 to £226K in 2023 and more recently £302 in 2024.

Total expenditure was just over £1.5M and similar in level to 2023.

It was another challenging year, with many external factors including continuing pressures cost of living and inflation. The hard work done of the trustees and senior management have positioned the charity for a stronger performance in 2025 and working towards a sustainable future

Going concern

During 2022 and 2023 the Trustees and senior management worked hard to mitigate the challenges faced and completed a full review of the financial position. This has led to closing of unprofitable business units and reducing expenditure significantly, following the change in the organisational structure. The impact of these changes can be seen in the financial results for 2023 and 2024.

Steps were also taken with our funding partners to restructure loans, which was supported and formalised in December 2023.

Following the above work and the forecasting completed for the coming year of 2025, the trustees are of the opinion that the charity is well placed continue its work in the future and the accounts to be prepared on a “going concern basis”.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Directors Report and Strategic Report)

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Reserves policy

The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity and group, in particular the nature of the income and expenditure streams and the need to match variable income with fixed commitments.

In completing this review the trustees have identified the level of free reserves within the group. These reserves are funds which are readily available and so not represented by fixed assets which are required for use in the charity or funds committed to designated projects or monies bound by restrictions. The calculation of these funds is detailed below.

Total consolidated funds Less: Core fixed assets (note 14) Add: debt financing of assets (notes 18 and 19) Less: designated funds (note 21) Less: restricted funds (note 21) Available consolidated free reserves	31 December 2024 £000 5,488 (6,352) 1,074 - (4) 206	31 December 2023 £000 5,465 (6,482) 1,163 (32) (17)
		97

The trustees are confident that future income will enable the charity to meet its foreseeable needs based on planned activity and consequently are satisfied with the current level of reserves, which have been built up to fund the future expansion plans of the charity. An updated calculation of targeted free reserves is in progress.

Risk management

The trustees review the risk management process which assesses business risks and implements risk and management strategies. This involves identifying the types of risks the charity faces, their potential impact, likelihood of occurrence and means of mitigating the risks. As part of this process the trustees review the adequacy of the charity's current internal controls.

The trustees are confident that the financial controls conform with guidelines issued by the charity commission. Risks are regularly reviewed, and a risk register maintained by the trustees. The risk management register presents the principal risks facing the charity in the following categories:

governance risks
financial risks
external risks
health & safety risks (including the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults) these risks have been offset by the following measures:
appointment of a diverse board of trustees with relevant skill sets;
appointment of qualified and appropriate experienced employees:
regular reporting on areas of risk to the trustees; and
regular review of policies and procedures.

Plans for future periods

Life Church plans to continue with the three strategic aims of the trust deed. The trustees will focus on continuing the rebuilding work that started in 2022 and positioning the charity on a sound sustainable footing for the future. The Church will continue to meet the needs of the community and connect people with God.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Directors Report and Strategic Report)

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Structure, governance and management

Life Church Ministries was constituted by Memorandum and Articles of Association as a private limited company on 1 May 2019 and is a registered charity.

Any person, who accepts the statement of doctrines of the church, may be appointed to the trusteeship. Trustees are selected based on the contribution that they will make to the governance of the organisation and the skills that they will contribute. They are provided with copies of the Charity Commission's guidance to trustees and are also provided with training as and when required. All trustees give their time voluntarily.

Key operational decisions are made by the Board appointed executive pastors who are helped and supported by the various heads of departments.

The remuneration of key management personnel is reviewed and approved by the trustees during the budget approval. Key management personnel are paid in accordance with the going rate for similar positions within the wider marketplace.

Trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees, who are also directors of Life Church Ministries for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report (including the Strategic Report) and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practise)

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102);
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

there is no relevant information of which the charitable company's auditor is unaware; and
the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant information.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

We, the directors of the company who held office at the date of approval of these Financial Statements as set out above each confirm, so far as we are aware, that:

there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditors are unaware; and
we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken as directors in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditors are aware of that information.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Trustees’ Annual Report (Including Directors Report and Strategic Report)

Year Ended 31 December 2024

In approving the Trustees' Annual Report, we also approve the Strategic Report included therein, in our capacity as company directors.

On behalf of the board

Signature:

R Atkin, Trustee

Date: 28/09/2025

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Life Church Ministries

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Life Church Ministries for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Group Statement of Financial Activities, the Group and the Parent Charitable Company Balance Sheet and the Group Cash Flow Statement and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) including FRS 102 ‘‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the group’s and of the parent charitable company’s affairs as at 31 December 2024, and of the group’s incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the trustees annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report2. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the trustees' report (incorporating the directors’ report) for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the directors’ report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Life Church Ministries

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the group and parent charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

the parent charitable company has not kept adequate and sufficient accounting records, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the parent charitable company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of Trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
the Trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees’ responsibilities statement, the Trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the charity through discussions with management, and from our commercial knowledge of the sector.
We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the accounts of the operations of the Charity, including the Charities Act 2011.
We assess the extent of compliance with laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence.
Identified laws and regulations are communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Life Church Ministries

Year Ended 31 December 2024

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

Making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud.
Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships.
Identified and tested journal entries and identified any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business.
Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
Challenged assumptions and judgements made by management in determining significant accounting estimates.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed audit procedures which included, but were not limited to:

Agreeing financial statements disclosures to underlying supporting documentation.
Discussions with management of know or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations
Reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
Reviewing correspondence with relevant regulators including the Charities Commission.

At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify noncompliance with laws and regulations and fraud.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed noncompliance of laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it.

Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement relating to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006, and to the charitable company’s trustees, as a body, Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Jordan Mitchell ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Thomas Coombs Limited

Statutory Auditor & Chartered Accountants 3365 Century Way, Thorpe Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 8ZB

Date: 29/09/2025

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities (Including Income and Expenditure Account)

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note Income and endowments from: Donations 2 Charitable activities 3 Other trading activities 4 Total income and endowments 5 Expenditure on: Cost of raising funds 6 Charitable activities 7 Total expenditure 8 Net income / (expenditure) Net movement in funds 21 Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward 21 Total funds carried forward 21	2024 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total £000 £000 £000 1,071 11 1,082 167 - 167 302 - 302 1,540 11 1,551 302 - 302 1,202 24 1,226 1,504 24 1,528 36 (13) 23 36 (13) 23 5,448 17 5,465 5,484 4 5,488	2023 Total £000 1,090 214 226
		1,530 226 1,345
		1,571
		(41)
		(41) 5,506
		5,465

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised during the year.

The notes on pages 17 to 41 form part of these financial statements.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Balance Sheets

As at 31 December 2024

Note Fixed assets Tangible assets 14 Investments 15 Current assets Stocks 16 Debtors 17 Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 18 Net current assets / (liabilities) Total assets less current liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 19 Net assets Funds Restricted funds 21 Unrestricted funds 21 : Free reserves : Designated reserves Total funds 21	GROUP 2024 2023 £000 £000 6,609 6,739 - - 6,609 6,739 1 3 82 101 94 29 177 133 424 443 (247) (310) 6,362 6,429 874 964 5,488 5,465 4 17 206 97 5,278 5,351 5,488 5,465	CHARITY 2024 2023 £000 £000 6,228 6,653 - - 6,228 6,653 - - 351 50 74 25 425 75 291 304 134 (229) 6,362 6,424 874 959 5,488 5,465 4 17 206 97 5,278 5,351 5,488 5,465	CHARITY 2024 2023 £000 £000 6,228 6,653 - - 6,228 6,653 - - 351 50 74 25 425 75 291 304 134 (229) 6,362 6,424 874 959 5,488 5,465 4 17 206 97 5,278 5,351 5,488 5,465
			6,653 - 50 25
			75 304
			(229)
			6,424 959
			5,465
			17 97 5,351
			5,465

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board on

Signed on behalf of the board of trustees

Signature:

R Atkin, Trustee

Date: 28/09/2025

Company registration number: 11973632

The notes on pages 17 to 41 form part of these financial statements.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows

Year Ended 31 December 2024

Note Cash flow from operating activities 23 Interest paid Net cash flow from operating activities Cash flow from investing activities Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets Receipts from sales of tangible fixed assets Net cash flow from investing activities Cash flow from financing activities Receipts from issue of new term loans Repayment of term loans Repayment of finance lease liabilities Net cash flow from financing activities Net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2023 Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2024 Cash and cash equivalents consists of: Cash at bank and in hand Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2024 23A	2024 £000 263 (85) 178 (27) 3 (24) - (85) (4) (89) 65 29 94 94 94	2023 £000 104 (67)
		37
		(1) 3
		2
		25 (110) (19)
		(104)
		(65) 94 29 29 29

The notes on pages 17 to 41 form part of these financial statements.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

1. General information

The entity is an incorporated registered charity governed by their constitution.

Registered address: Life Church Ministries Wapping Road Bradford BD3 0EQ

2 Summary of significant accounting policies

(a) General information and basis of preparation

Life Church Ministries is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England & Wales. The address of the registered office is given in the charity information on page 1 of these financial statements. The nature of the charity's operations and principal activities are the advancement of the Christian faith.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value.

The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £000.

The Charity has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Statement of Financial Activities in these financial statements.

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

(b) Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from the date of authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure arising from operational plans is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

(c) Basis of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the charity and its subsidiary undertakings made up to 31 December 2024 (the group has taken advantage of the Companies Act provisions of allowing the financial statements to be prepared to within seven days of the accounting reference date of 29 December). The acquisitions method of accounting has been adopted. Under this method the group net incoming resources include the results of subsidiaries from the date of acquisition and to the date of sale outside the· group in case of disposals of subsidiaries. The purchase consideration has been allocated to the assets and liabilities on the basis of fair value at the date of acquisition.

The charity has taken advantage of the exemption not to disclose any transactions or balances between group entities that have been eliminated on consolidation.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

(d) Funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

(e) Income recognition

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received.

For donations to be recognised the charity will have been notified of the amounts and the settlement date in writing. If there are conditions attached to the donation and this requires a level of performance before entitlement can be obtained then income is deferred until those conditions are fully met or the fulfilment of those conditions is within the control of the charity and it is probable that they will be fulfilled.

Donated facilities and donated professional services are recognised in income at their fair value when their economic benefit is probable, it can be measured reliably and the charity has control over the item. Fair value is determined on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity. For example, the amount the charity would be willing to pay in the open market for such facilities and services. A corresponding amount is recognised in expenditure.

No amount is included in the financial statements for general volunteer time in line with the SORP. Further detail is given in the Trustees’ Annual Report.

Where practicable, gifts in kind donated for distribution to the beneficiaries of the charity are included in stock and donations in the financial statements upon receipt. If it is impracticable to assess the fair value at receipt or if the costs to undertake such a valuation outweigh any benefits, then the fair value is recognised as a component of donations when it is distributed and an equivalent amount recognised as charitable expenditure.

Fixed asset gifts in kind are recognised when receivable and are included at fair value. They are not deferred over the life of the asset.

Income from trading activities includes income earned from fundraising events and trading activities to raise funds for the charity. Income is received in exchange for supplying goods and services in order to raise funds and is recognised when entitlement has occurred.

Income from government and other grants are recognised at fair value when the charity has entitlement after any performance conditions have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. If entitlement is not met then these amounts are deferred.

Investment income is earned through bank interest received and rental income. It is included when the amount can be measured reliably. Rental income is recognised when the charity's right to receive payment is established.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

(f) Expenditure recognition

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. It is categorised under the following headings:

Costs of raising funds includes the cost of trading activities; and
Expenditure on charitable activities relates to the propagation of the Gospel and the relief of poverty. These activities are categorised as follows.

(i) Bradford campus core ministry activities including Sunday services; (ii) Outreach both local, regional and international (including Life Reach); (iii) Education, including Life College; (iv) Former campuses (v) Church events and ancillary activities; (vi) Commercial; and (vii) Premises and core central costs of the Bradford campus

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as an expense against the activity for which expenditure arose.

Grants payable to third parties are within the charitable objectives. Where unconditional grants are offered, this is accrued as soon as the recipient is notified of the grant, as this gives rise to a reasonable expectation that the recipient will receive the grants. Where grants are conditional relating to performance then the grant is only accrued when any unfulfilled conditions are outside of the control of the charity.

Governance costs which are included within charitable activity costs, include the preparation and audit of the statutory financial statements, the costs of trustee meetings, and the cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

(g) Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost (or deemed cost) or valuation less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a systematic basis over its expected useful life as follows:

Freehold land No depreciation Freehold buildings 2% on cost Leasehold land and buildings 10% on cost Fixtures, fittings and equipment 15% on cost Computer and media equipment 15% on cost

Land and buildings were valued using the depreciated replacement cost method as appropriate for specialise buildings such as the those utilised by the group.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

(h) Investments

Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less impairment.

(i) Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing stock to its present location and condition. Cost is calculated using the first-in, first-out formula. Provision is made for damaged, obsolete and slow-moving stock where appropriate.

(j) Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.

(k) Loans and borrowings

Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the transaction price including transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less impairment. If an arrangement constitutes a finance transaction it is measured at present value.

(l) Leases

Assets acquired under finance leases are capitalised and depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and the expected useful life of the asset. Minimum lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction of the outstanding lease liability using the effective interest method. The related obligations, net of future finance charges, are included in creditors.

Rentals payable and receivable under operating leases are charged to the SoFA on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

(m) Foreign currency

Foreign currency transactions are initially recognised by applying to the foreign currency amount the spot exchange rate between the functional currency and the foreign currency at the date of the transaction.

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency at the balance sheet date are translated using the closing rate.

(n) Employee benefits

When employees have rendered service to the charity, short-term employee benefits to which the employees are entitled are recognised at the undiscounted amount expected to be paid in exchange for that service.

The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan for the benefit of its employees. Contributions are expensed as they become payable.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

(o) Tax

Charity:

The charity is an exempt charity within the meaning of schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011 and is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes.

Tax-trading subsidiary:

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss. A change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current corporation tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

(p) Financial Instruments

Financial assets

Basic financial assets, including trade and other receivables, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financial transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar asset. Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

At the end of each reporting period financial assets measure at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence or impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss and any subsequent reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risk and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party or (c) control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions.

Financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financial transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

(q) Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year include:

(i) Useful economic lives of tangible assets

The annual depreciation charge for tangible assets and their carrying amount is determined by the estimated useful economic lives and residual value of the assets.

The useful economic lives and residual values are re-assessed annually when necessary to reflect current estimates, based on technological advancement, future investments, economic utilisation and the physical condition of the assets.

(ii) Impairment of debtors

The group makes an estimate of the recoverable value of trade and other debtors. When assessing the impairment of trade and other debtors, management consider factors which include the current credit rating of the debtor, the ageing profile of debtors and historical experience.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

2 Income from donations

Tithes & offerings Gift aid recovered Grants from organisations Donated fixed assets from organisations Additional gifts and donations from individuals 2024 2023	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 876 - 876 663 165 - 165 132 (18) - (18) 70 33 - 33 - 15 11 26 225
	1,071 11 1,082 1,090
	998 92 1,090

3 Income from charitable activities

Activities relating to the propagation of the Gospel and relief of poverty:

Bradford campus core ministry activities including Sunday services Outreach both local, regional and international (including Life Reach) Education, including Life College Income associated with former campuses Church events and ancillary activities 2024 2023	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 7 - 7 38 1 - 1 1 - - - 8 - - - 11 159 - 159 156
	167 - 167 214
	214 - 214

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

4 Income from other trading activities

Commercial activities

Church events & ancillary activities (shown within charitable activities, note 3) Commercial 2024 2023 ecorded in entities as follows: Parent charity Wholly owned trading subsidiary 2024 2023	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 159 - 159 156 302 - 302 226
	461 - 461 382
	382 - 382 Unrestricted Restricted Total Total 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 3 - 3 2 458 - 458 380
	461 - 461 382
	382 - 382

Recorded in entities as follows:

The Charity has one wholly owned trading subsidiary. Abundant Life Resources Limited (Note 14) which is incorporated in England and Wales sells merchandise related to the Charity's objectives through a shop, mail order and via the internet. Funds are also raised by hosting events/conferences for both the church community and for external organisations. When available, distributable profits are donated to the charity under Gift Aid.

The profit and loss account of the trading subsidiary was:

Turnover Costs (direct costs and apportioned premises overheads) Net profit before tax	2024 £000 458 458 -	2023 £000 380 380
		-

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

5 Analysis of total income by activity

Voluntary income Intrapreneurial income Conference income Enterprise income Other income Total Unrestricted Restricted Total Voluntary income Intrapreneurial income Conference income Enterprise income Other income Total Unrestricted Restricted Total	Bradford Campus Outreach Education Former Campuses Church Events Commercial 2024 Total £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 1,017 65 - - 3 - 1,085 6 - - - 5 - 11 1 - - - 79 3 83 4 1 - - 67 297 369 (4) - - - 5 2 3
	1,024 66 - - 159 302 1,551
	1,017 62 - - 159 302 1,540 7 4 - - - - 11
	1,024 66 - - 159 302 1,551
	Bradford Campus Outreach Education Former Campuses Church Events Commercial 2023 Total £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 1,033 57 - - - - 1,090 5 - 8 - 6 - 19 - - - - 83 - 83 - 1 - 9 64 226 300 32 - - 3 3 - 38
	1,070 58 8 12 156 226 1,530
	1,014 22 8 12 156 226 1,438 56 36 - - - - 92 1,070 58 8 12 156 226 1,530

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

6 Cost of raising funds

Commercial activities 2024 2023	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 302 - 302 226
	302 - 302 226
	226 - 226

7 Charitable activities expenditure

Activities relating to the propagation of the Gospel and relief of poverty:

Bradford campus core ministry activities including Sunday services Outreach both local, regional and international (including Life Reach) Education, including Life College Costs associated with former campuses Church events and ancillary activities 2024 2023	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 946 24 970 892 40 - 40 195 57 - 57 61 - - - 38 159 - 159 159
	1,202 24 1,226 1,345
	1,120 225 1,345

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

8 Analysis of total expenditure by activity

Cost of goods sold Direct costs Staff/ related costs Establishment Consumables Communications Finance Professional Depreciation Hospitality Outreach Premises/recharge Total Unrestricted Restricted Total	Bradford Campus Outreach Education Former Campuses Church Events Commercial Premises 2024 Total £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 - - - - 34 1 - 35 20 1 - - 43 34 7 105 344 - 56 - 116 84 1 601 23 - - - 9 6 291 329 23 34 - - 18 2 14 91 2 - - - - 1 17 20 12 - 1 - 5 - 86 104 15 - - - 8 2 17 42 (1) 2 - - 15 - 104 120 8 - - - 17 - - 25 51 3 - - 2 - - 56 473 - - - (108) 172 (537) -
	970 40 57 - 159 302 - 1,528
	946 40 57 - 159 302 - 1,504 24 - - - - - - 24
	970 40 57 - 159 302 - 1,528

Cost of goods sold Direct costs Staff/ related costs Establishment Consumables Communications Finance Professional Depreciation Hospitality Outreach Premises/recharge Total Unrestricted Restricted Total	Bradford Campus Outreach Education Former Campuses Church Events Commercial Premises 2023 Total £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 - - - - 30 1 - 31 24 20 2 - 18 48 7 119 282 78 57 - 124 44 - 585 20 - - 38 14 6 220 298 22 - 1 - 14 5 18 60 - - - - - - 15 15 17 - 1 - 4 - 71 93 41 - - - - 3 19 77 3 - - - 20 - 113 122 10 - - - 12 - - 22 51 97 - - 1 - - 149 422 - - - (78) 119 (463) -
	892 195 61 38 159 226 - 1,571
	847 15 61 38 159 226 - 1,346 45 180 - - - - - 225
	892 195 61 38 159 226 - 1,571

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

9 Governance costs

Included in the expenditure of the group and charity are governance costs as detailed below:

Note Remuneration as Trustees 12 Trustee expenses 12 Consultancy Auditor’s remuneration 11 Legal fees 10 Net income / (expenditure) for the year Net income / (expenditure) is stated after charging / (crediting): Depreciation of tangible fixed assets (Gain) / loss on sale of tangible fixed assets Operating lease rentals Loan interest charges 11 Auditor’s remuneration Current auditor Fees payable to the charity’s auditor for the audit of the charity and group (and subsidiary) annual accounts Fees payable to the charity’s auditor for other services: Payroll services Previous auditors Fees payable to the charity’s auditor for the audit of the charity and group 29 December 2022 annual accounts Fees payable to the charity’s auditor for the audit of the charity and group 29 December 2021 annual accounts Fees payable to the charity’s auditor for other services: Audit of the charity’s subsidiaries: 29 December 2022 Payroll services Taxation advisory	2024 £000 - - 24 14 4 42 2024 £000 120 - - 85 2024 £000 13 1 - - - - - 14		2023 £000 - - 5 55 4
			64
			2023 £000 136 (3) 35 67
			2023 £000 9 - 16 12 11 4 3
			55

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

12 Trustees' and key management personnel remuneration and expenses

The trustees provide their invaluable time in the role as trustee free of charge and in addition during the year the trustees donated £33,272 (2023: £25,466) tithes and offerings without conditions, towards the furtherance of Life Church Ministries charitable activities.

The trustees did not have any expenses reimbursed during the year (2023- £nil).

The charity considers its key management personnel comprises the Board of Trustees, the Lead pastors and senior leadership team. The total employment costs, gross remuneration, employee's national insurance and pension contributions of the key management personnel were £206,296 (2023: £214,041).

Jock James was employed by the Church as Lead Pastor and was not remunerated for the role as trustee. Jock James was under a contract of employment and the total cost of remuneration during the year, including national insurance and employers pension contributions was £59,674 (2023: £58,513).

Shirley James is also included within key management personnel and a close family member to a trustee (Jock James). The total cost of remuneration during the year, including national insurance and employers pension contributions, was £41,660 (2023 £37,486).

During the previous year Pastor Luke Byrant received an honorarium of £500 for services provided.

13 Staff costs and employee benefits

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

he total staff costs and employee benefits were as follows: Wages and salaries Social security Defined contribution pension costs Other employee related costs	2024 Number	2023 Number
	33	28
	2024 £000 523 43 10 25 601	2023 £000 512 42 11 20
		585

The total staff costs and employee benefits were as follows:

No employee received remuneration of more than £60,000 in 2024 or 2023.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

14 Tangible fixed assets

Group

Cost or valuation: At 1 January 2024 Additions Reallocation Disposal Revaluation At 31 December 2024 Depreciation: At 1 January 2024 Charge for the year Eliminated on disposals At 31 December 2024 Net book value: At 31 December 2024 At 31 December 2023 Analysis of cost or valuation: Valuation 2008 Cost At 31 December 2024	Non-core Freehold Land Core Freehold Land and Buildings Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment Computer and Media Equipment Total £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 257 6,489 496 89 7,331 - - 60 - 60 - (67) - - (67) - - (3) (58) (61) - - - - -
	257 6,422 553 31 7,263
	- 177 341 74 592 - 60 46 14 120 - - - (58) (58)
	- 237 387 30 654
	257 6,185 166 1 6,609
	257 6,312 155 15 6,739
	- 6,020 - - 6,020 257 402 553 31 1,243
	257 6,422 553 31 7,243

The core freehold property had been revalued in a previous year before being transferred to current charitable company of Life Church Ministries. The building has been treated as a specialised property, valued by the depreciated replacement cost method by an independent valuer in 2008. This valuation is treated as deemed cost on the transaction to Financial Reporting Standard FRS 102. The historical cost of the freehold land and building is £4,222,000.

Included in the above new book value is £3,738,000 of non-depreciated assets.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

14 Tangible fixed assets (continued)

Charity

harity
Cost or valuation: At 1 January 2024 Additions Reallocated to subsidiary Disposals Revaluation At 31 December 2024 Depreciation: At 1 January 2024 Charge for the year Eliminated on disposals At 31 December 2024 Net book value: At 31 December 2024 At 31 December 2023 Analysis of cost or valuation: Valuation 2008 Cost At 31 December 2024	Non-core Freehold Land Core Freehold Land and Buildings Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment Computer and Media Equipment Total £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 257 6,489 208 24 6,978 - - 37 - 37 - (370) - - (370) - - (3) - (3) - - - - -
	257 6,119 242 24 6,642
	- 177 127 21 325 - 60 27 2 89 - - - - -
	- 237 154 23 414
	257 5,882 88 1 6,228
	257 6,312 81 3 6,653
	- 6,020 - - 6,020 257 99 242 24 622
	257 6,119 242 24 6,642

Included in the above new book value is £3,738,000 of non-depreciated assets.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

15 Fixed asset investments

		Subsidiaries	Subsidiaries
			£
Cost
At 1 January 2024			3
Additions			-
Disposals			(2)
At 31 December 2024			1
Subsidiary companies
	Nature of	Number/Class	Percentage
	Business	of Shares held	of authorised
			Share Capital
Dissolved during the year
Momentum AV Ltd
(Company number 04198813)	Dormant	1 Ordinary	100%
Abundant Life Music Limited
(Company number 05194693)	Dormant	1 Ordinary	100%
Active
Abundant Life Resources Limited
(Company number 04375729)	Merchandising
	and conferences	1 Ordinary	100%

Abundant Life Resources Ltd had net assets of £1 at the year end. The turnover and other income for the year was £4558,281 (2023: £379,650). The profit/loss generated was £nil.

16 Stocks

Stock held for resale	Group Group Charity Charity 2024 2023 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 1 3 - -
	1 3 - -

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

17 Debtors

Trade debtors Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income Amounts owed by group undertakings	Group Group Charity Charity 2024 2023 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 28 48 23 35 6 8 - 48 45 14 15 - - 314 -
	82 101 351 50

18 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Other: Trade creditors Taxation and social security Amounts owed to group undertakings Accruals and deferred income Debt: Bank loans Hire purchase Other loans	Group Group Charity Charity 2024 2023 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 80 116 22 47 36 8 29 8 - - - 30 108 120 41 20 99 94 99 94 1 - - - 100 105 100 105
	424 443 291 304

19 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Debt: Bank loan Hire purchase	Group Group Charity Charity 2024 2023 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 874 959 874 959 - 5 - -
	874 964 874 959

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

20 Bank loans

Bank loan CBIL Due within one year Due one to two year Due two to five years Due after more than five years	Group Group Charity Charity 2024 2023 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 909 963 909 963 64 90 64 90
	973 1,053 973 1,053
	Group Group Charity Charity 2024 2023 2024 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 99 94 99 94 105 99 105 99 769 1,152 769 1,152 - - - -
	973 1,053 973 1,053

The bank loan and CBIL facility are secured by a fixed charge and floating charges. The bank loan facility was renewed and updated in January 2024.

Thomas Coombs Limited: Chartered Accountants – Third Sector Assurance Financial Reporting Team

Life Church Ministries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

21 Group Fund reconciliation

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted Free reserves Designated Designated fixed asset equity reserve (core fixed assets less debt liability) Christmas Fund Trading company Net Assets Unrestricted Free reserves Designated Designated fixed asset equity reserve (core fixed assets less debt liability) Cherish Foundation Christmas Fund Trading company Net Assets	Balance at 2023 Income Expenditure Transfers Balance at 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 97 1,540 1,504 73 206 5,319 - - (41) 5,278 32 - - (32) - - - - - -
	5,448 1,540 1,504 - 5,484
	Balance at 2022 Income Expenditure Transfers Balance at 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 (520) 1,438 1,346 525 97 5,607 - - (288) 5,319 39 - - (39) - 2 - - 30 32 - - - - -
	5,128 1,438 1,346 228 5,448

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

21 Group Fund reconciliation (continued)

Restricted funds

Other Y&C Building Repairs Kingdom Partners	Balance at 2023 Income Expenditure Transfers Balance at 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 - 11 7 - 4 17 - 17 - - - - - - -
	17 11 24 - 4

SHE Kindness Kitty We Are One Mortgage Compassion Conferences Life College YE Movement Hampers Christmas 2020 Ukrainian Crisis Easter 2022 Winter Box Appeal Christmas 2022 Turkey and Syria appeal Junior Garr Spiritual Y&C Building Repairs Christmas 2023	Balance at 2022 Income Expenditure Transfers Balance at 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 19 - 19 - - 22 29 51 - - 186 - 7 (179) - 7 - - (7) - 8 2 10 - - 15 - - (15) - 29 - 29 - - 17 - - (17) - 56 - 56 - - (8) - (8) - - 17 - 17 - - 10 - - (10) - - 7 7 - - - 2 2 - - - 32 15 - 17 - 20 20 - -
	378 92 225 (228) 17

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

21 Group Fund reconciliation (continued)

Fund descriptions

a) Free Unrestricted funds are the free reserves of the group and charity

b) Designated funds

The fixed asset equity reserve represents the book value of fixed assets (excluding non-core assets) less debt which provides long term financing to the group and charity.

Cherish foundation is from offerings at the Cherish conference and provides funding for life-impacting gifts and unique/ individual demonstrations of kindness to beneficiaries secretly nominated from across the UK: beneficiaries deemed to have displayed tremendous courage, determination, and dignity in adversity.

Christmas funds are to benefit outreach activities.

Trading company net assets represents the resources of the group held within trading subsidiaries.

c) Restricted funds

SHE Kindness Kitty: represents donations received at certain Women's events for the purpose of funding small- value purchases as demonstrations of kindness in situations of need, as determined by the Women's Ministry Leadership.

We Are One: birthed from Cherish conference was the 'We are One Foundation' based on the ethos of 'we who are many are never more powerful than when we are one'. This initiative affords delegates the opportunity to donate £1 each which when added together will make a big difference to recipient organisations. Since its launch over 2,500 women have signed up to give monthly and the monies raised will impact communities around the world, from natural disasters, to war torn countries, missionaries doing incredible work far from our 'western world view'.

Mortgage: was a donation that was received specifically to make repayments towards the mortgage

Compassion: were donations received at the Rocknations youth conference on behalf of Compassion. Life Church has continually partnered with Compassion UK to sponsor children, to help release them from poverty, in a specific local community in Kenya.

Conferences; A donation was received from Vineyard Church to go towards youth camps and events, this was split 50:50 between YA & Rn Conferences.

Life College : funds were raised within and outside of the Church to support the Life College project to grow leadership and & develop godly character.

YA Movement Hampers: Covid-19 Relief Fund developed from Donations were received from our Young Adults conference to donate hampers into our local communities to ease hardships brought about by the pandemic.

Christmas 2020: This represents the balance of unused funds taken at Christmas 2020 that will be utilised in future Christmases.

Ukrainian Crisis: funds were raised within and outside of the Church to support those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Easter 2022: This represents the funds utilised to fund the activities of Easter 2022.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

21 Group Fund reconciliation (continued)

Fund descriptions

c) Restricted funds (continued)

Winter Box Appeal: represents donations taken from the Church family from across our 4 campuses. In summary, these funds are used to fund all our outreach activities at Christmas.

Christmas 2022: This represents the balance of unused funds taken at Christmas 2022 that will be utilised in future Christmases.

Turkey and Syria appeal: funds were raised within and outside of the Church to support those affected by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Junior Garr Spiritual: funds were raised within and outside of the Church to fund and support the Junior Garr’s work.

Y&C Building Repairs : fund were raised and utilised to support the repair of the Y&C Building.

Christmas 2023: This represents the balance of unused funds taken at Christmas 2022 that will be utilised in future Christmases.

Kingdom Partners : This represents a group of business owners within the congregation who raise additional funds for the Church. During the year ended 31 December 2024 £16,000 was raised and assigned by the donors as match funding for other fund-raising activities of the Church. At 31[st] December 2024 the funding was not matched and so carried forward as deferred income and the restricted fund balance of this activity shown as £nil.

Transfers :

A review of restricted funds was undertaken as at 31 December 2023. It was identified that the restriction was fulfilled by previous spending and the funding could be allocated as unrestricted in a numbers of cases. In these instances, a transfer is recorded from restricted to unrestricted funds.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

22 Analysis of net assets between group funds

Fixed assets Cash and bank Other current assets / liabilities Creditors more than one year Total Fixed assets Cash and bank Other current assets / liabilities Creditors more than one year Total	Unrestricted funds Designated funds Restricted funds Total 2024 2024 2024 2024 £000 £000 £000 £000 257 6,352 - 6,609 74 - 20 94 (125) (200) (16) (341) - (874) - (874)

	206 5,278 4 5,488
	Unrestricted funds Designated funds Restricted funds Total 2023 2023 2023 2023 £000 £000 £000 £000 257 6,482 - 6,739 (20) 32 17 29 (140) (199) - (339) - (964) - (964)

	97 5,351 17 5,465

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

23 Reconciliation of net income / (expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income / (expenditure) for year Interest payable Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets (Profit) / loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets Donated fixed assets (Increase) / decrease in stock (Increase) / decrease in debtors Increase / (decrease) in non-capital creditors Net cash flow from operating activities	2024 £000 23 85 120 - (33) 2 19 47 263	2023 £000 (41) 67 136 (3) - 11 (5) (61)
		104

23A Analysis of changes in net debt

Bank loans Other loans Lease liabilities Total liabilities Cash and cash equivalents Total net debt	2023 Cash flows Non cash flow changes 2024 £000 £000 Finance leases Other changes £000 1,053 (80) - - 973 105 (5) - - 100 5 (4) - - 1
	1,163 (89) - - 1,074
	(29) (65) - - (94)
	1,134 (154) 980

24 Pensions and other post-retirement benefits

Defined contribution pension plans

The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan for its employees. The amount recognised as an expense in the period was £10,000 (2023 - £11,000).

The defined contribution liability is allocated to unrestricted funds.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 December 2024

25 Related party transactions

There are no related party transactions during the period other than those disclosed in note 12 “trustees' and key management personnel remuneration and expenses”.

26 Prior period adjustment

During the preparation of the consolidated financial statements the fixed asset registers of the parent charity and wholly owned subsidiary were reviewed and corrections recorded with regard to:

(i) Removal of fixed assets which did not remain with the group on the corporate restructure at 1 January 2021; and
(ii) Increased deprecation rates on assets which were leased to another entity following the corporate restructure of the former church campuses during the year of 2022.

The combined effect of these amendments was to reduce the net book value of the consolidated fixed assets in comparative periods and at 1 January 2024 by £46,000 and the reserves of the group were equally reduced. The reduction for the charity entity itself was £7,000.

27 Comparative consolidated statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 December 2023

Income and endowments from: Donations Charitable activities Other trading activities Total income and endowments Expenditure on: Cost of raising funds Charitable activities Total expenditure Net income / (expenditure) Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward	2023 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total £000 £000 £000 998 92 1,090 214 - 214 226 - 226 1,438 92 1,530 226 - 226 1,120 225 1,345 1,346 225 1,571 92 (133) (41) 228 (228) - 320 (361) (41) 5,128 378 5,506 5,448 17 5,465	2022 Total £000 1,597 303 92
		1,992 92 2,363
		2,455
		(463) -
		(463) 5,969
		5,506

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