Registered charity · Congleton
NEW Life Church Congleton
- 10 trustees
- Income £751k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Stephen Neil Hodgkinson MBEChair
- Barry WilliamsonTrustee · since 2025
- George Anthony HurlstoneTrustee · since 2012
- Michael BurgessTrustee · since 2016
- Rachel CamTrustee · since 2025
- Rachel MellorTrustee · since 2022
- Reuben Oliver GittingsTrustee · since 2024
- Ruth SpeedTrustee · since 2025
- Stephen Mark TurnerTrustee · since 2025
- Susan Kathryn SparksTrustee · since 2012
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Cheshire East
- Website
- www.nlchurch.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1983
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£751k£801k
- 2024£732k£805k
- 2023£706k£728k
Earlier years
- 2022£616k£643k
- 2021£554k£563k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITL. 2. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK, 3. THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AT ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE THE FIRST SCHEDULE)
Grants received
15 grants · £228,500 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £220,000 (11 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £8,000 (3 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Stephen Neil Hodgkinson MBE Chair
- Barry Williamson since 2025
- George Anthony Hurlstone since 2012
- Michael Burgess since 2016
- Rachel Mellor since 2022
- Reuben Oliver Gittings since 2024
- Rachel Cam since 2025
- Ruth Speed since 2025
- Susan Kathryn Sparks since 2012
- Stephen Mark Turner since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- George Anthony Hurlstone since 2012
- Michael Burgess since 2016
- Susan Kathryn Sparks since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Stephen Neil Hodgkinson MBE Chair
- Barry Williamson since 2025
- George Anthony Hurlstone since 2012
- Michael Burgess since 2016
- Rachel Mellor since 2022
- Reuben Oliver Gittings since 2024
- Rachel Cam since 2025
- Ruth Speed since 2025
- Susan Kathryn Sparks since 2012
- Stephen Mark Turner since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 514539
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 21 OCTOBER 1983 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 8 APRIL 2000 AND DEED OF VARIATION DATED 7 DECEMBER 2010. as amended on 19 Jan 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01260 297961 · mail@nlchurch.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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