BURY UNITARIAN CHURCH

Registered charity 1078570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

activities include church services, book club, seminars, meetings. Premises sued for community purposes yoga group, charity groups and meetings.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£117k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted and restricted funds increased to £1,887,318 at year-end, with unrestricted funds standing at £1,244,676. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound, noting no material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

SUSAN HOLTchair · trustee of 3 other charities
Howard Maden · trustee of 1 other charity
Janet Mary Thatcher · trustee of 1 other charity
Karen Hampson · trustee of 1 other charity
MRS MARIAN PRICE · trustee of 2 other charities
NEVILLE ARTHUR KENYON · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£117k	£117k
31/12/2024	£107k	£97k
31/12/2023	£91k	£46k
31/12/2022	£89k	£72k
31/12/2021	£77k	£64k

Common questions

Is BURY UNITARIAN CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted and restricted funds increased to £1,887,318 at year-end, with unrestricted funds standing at £1,244,676. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound, noting no material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BANBURY CHARITIES	1	£36k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	1	£3k
BASINGSTOKE COMMUNITY CHURCHES	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BURFORD.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BURFORD income £486k
BANBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH income £245k
WEST ORCHARD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £199k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN BURY income £395k
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH income £459k
BUSH HILL PARK UNITED REFORMED CHURCH income £136k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BURY UNITARIAN CHURCH	£117k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BURFORD FY2024	£486k	—	above	—	no doubt
BANBURY COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£245k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST ORCHARD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025	£199k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN BURY FY2025	£395k	Under £20,000	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH FY2025	£459k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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