Grace Church, Bolton

Registered charity 1049144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOLTON FAMILY CHURCH, GRACE CHURCH BOLTON, KINGS CHURCH BOLTON

Church Related Activities

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£366k
Latest spending
£339k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £26,989 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £365,619 against total expenditure of £338,630. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £50,654, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £37,341. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £1,928,742, though one subsidiary fund (Hope Church) is in deficit due to building purchase financing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' staff costs (held: £51k)
The Trustees consider the charity’s free reserves level should be at least three months' staff costs, which equates to approximately £37,341 — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
During the year the total aggregated donations made to the charity by the trustees' was £60,061(2024: £59,568). — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bolton · Lancashire · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£366k£339k
31/03/2024£369k£351k
31/03/2023£320k£308k
31/03/2022£377k£248k
31/03/2021£256k£205k

Common questions

Is Grace Church, Bolton financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £26,989 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £365,619 against total expenditure of £338,630. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £50,654, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £37,341. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £1,928,742, though one subsidiary fund (Hope Church) is in deficit due to building purchase financing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2023£8kGrace Centre Community Support

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST2£6k
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST1£25k
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT1£10k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST1£800

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Grace Church, Bolton£366k0aboveno doubt
THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON FY2024£668k£60,001 - £70,000aboveno doubt
GRACE CHURCH SALISBURY FY2024£392k0unclearno doubt
GRACE CHURCH DULWICH FY2025£590k0belowno doubt
CLAREMONT CHURCH BOLTON FY2025£105k0unclearno doubt
GRACE CHURCH MANCHESTER FY2025£184k0aboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.