HORBURY CHURCHES TOGETHER

Registered charity 1092641 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support of religious activities and youth work, in particular the Horbury Breakthru Youth Project, which is open to all young people in Horbury and District and the catchment area of Horbury Academy ( including Lupset) aged between 11 and 21 years of age.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND TO ENCOURAGE CHURCH FELLOWSHIPS IN HORBURY AND DISTRICT GROWING TOGETHER IN CHRISTIAN FAITH2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PERSONS IN HORBURY AND DISTRICT FOR RECREATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 AND AS LIMITED IN THAT ACT

Area of benefit: HORBURY AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£143k

Latest spending

£109k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts were £143,350 against total payments of £108,562, resulting in an increase in reserves to £84,741. The organization notes a significant turnover in staff and restructuring during the year, but reports that income was as budgeted. Reserves increased by £34,788 compared to the previous year, indicating a positive financial position despite operational changes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustees and individuals give time freely; 8 Churches provide free or reduced rent.

“Horbury Churches Together and The Horbury Breakthrough Youth Project also benefit from Trustees and individuals giving time freely and our own 8 Churches who provide free or reduced rent for meetings and youth activities at Church premises.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £840 — grants £840 (1); under 1% of the £143,350 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 25
Government income: £18,068 — grants £18,068 (3); 13% of the £139,830 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 25
Government income: £49,933 — contracts £7,567 (1), grants £42,366 (2); 62% of the £80,104 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Horbury Churches Together (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Heather Turner · trustee of 2 other charities
JOHN HARRY WALTER
Lesley Jane Harrison
THOMAS CHINGOKA KANYINGI PHIRI
The Reverend Christopher Johnson · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£143k	£109k
31/08/2024	£140k	£137k
31/08/2023	£80k	£88k
31/12/2022	£125k	£118k
31/12/2021	£93k	£103k

Common questions

Is HORBURY CHURCHES TOGETHER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts were £143,350 against total payments of £108,562, resulting in an increase in reserves to £84,741. The organization notes a significant turnover in staff and restructuring during the year, but reports that income was as budgeted. Reserves increased by £34,788 compared to the previous year, indicating a positive financial position despite operational changes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/07/2022	£247k	Horbury Breakthrough Youth Continuation
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/04/2016	£308k	HORBURY BREAKTHRU YOUTH PROJECT
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/07/2009	£297k	Horbury Youth Project - Social and Community Activity

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
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£200k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£115k
CHK Foundation	1	£30k
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£25k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN'S, WHEATHAMPSTEAD AND ST PETER'S, GUSTARD WOOD	1	£9k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY SHIREHAMPTON	1	£752

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARBOROUGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST.

HARBOROUGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST income £162k
YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN income £2.1m
WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR YOUTH PROJECT income £325k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTHBOURNE WITH WEST THORNEY income £243k
TOGETHER CHURCH TORBAY income £183k
THE PCC OF HARBOUR CHURCH PORTSMOUTH income £980k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HORBURY CHURCHES TOGETHER	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARBOROUGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST FY2026	£162k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH WITH A MISSION HARPENDEN FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR YOUTH PROJECT FY2025	£325k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTHBOURNE WITH WEST THORNEY FY2025	£243k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TOGETHER CHURCH TORBAY FY2025	£183k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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