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Registered charity · Tyne and Wear

Riverlife Church Sunderland

Riverlife Church Sunderland is a registered charity (number 1052147) based in Tyne and Wear, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by MR B Watson since 2012. Latest income £40k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £40k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
Where
Sunderland
Website
www.riverlifechurch.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£40k£49k
  • 2024£47k£67k
  • 2023£74k£64k
Earlier years
  • 2022£45k£62k
  • 2021£63k£51k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: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 CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME 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 OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; ANDTO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

7.2y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 6Overseas Aid/famine Relief 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£40k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
22 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1052147
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23/10/2007AS AMENDED ON 23/09/2013
Contact on the register
07359 468487 · info@riverlifechurch.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
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