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First Love Church

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First Love Church is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include religious activities.

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What are the key facts about First Love Church?

Reported income · year ending 2025-12-31
£2,912,716
Reported spending · year ending 2025-12-31
£2,828,214
Registered charity number
1187533
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Nunhead
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded

Quick answer

First Love Church (number 1187533) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does First Love Church do?

The charity was set up to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrines and beliefs ofThe Lighthouse Chapel International for the benefit of the public and in particular university students in the UnitedKingdom in such ways that are exclusively according to English law. The charity organises church services, undertake outreach programmes and counselling services to members

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for First Love Church

Answers First Love Church gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 December 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are First Love Church's highest-paid staff paid?

First Love Church's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does First Love Church's money come from?

First Love Church reported £2.9m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £2.9m (100%), investments £2,725 (0%).

  • Donations and legacies£2.9m · 100%
  • Investments£2,725 · 0%

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register does not record First Love Church as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.

First Love Church's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
12373666 (Companies House)
Where it says it operates
Angola · Benin · Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Fiji · Ghana · Grenada

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is First Love Church registered for?

Religious Activities

Why is there no Clarity Score for First Love Church yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score First Love Church. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is First Love Church a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists First Love Church as a registered charity (number 1187533) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is First Love Church's charity number?
First Love Church's charity number is 1187533. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1187533?
Search 1187533 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does First Love Church do?
The charity was set up to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrines and beliefs ofThe Lighthouse Chapel International for the benefit of the public and in particular university students in the UnitedKingdom in such ways that are exclusively according to English law. The charity organises church services, undertake outreach programmes and counselling services to members
Does First Love Church have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for First Love Church. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to First Love Church?
First Love Church does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is First Love Church's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. First Love Church's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does First Love Church's money come from?
First Love Church reported £2.9m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £2.9m (100%), investments £2,725 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to First Love Church?
The register does not record First Love Church as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are First Love Church's trustees paid?
First Love Church's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was First Love Church registered as a charity?
First Love Church was entered on the register on 23 January 2020. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 12373666).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.