Oldham Chapel

Registered charity 1111295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OLDHAM UNITARIAN CHAPEL INCLUDING THE ONE WORLD CENTRE, Oldham Chapel including the One World Centre

Our main activity is to hold religious services of worship. All our other activities stem from this primary focus.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRACTICE AND CONDITIONS OF THE UNITARIAN CHURCH AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OLDHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tameside, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£30k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £33,683 at the end of the year, an increase from £28,572 the previous year. The trustees report a surplus of £5,111 for the financial year and express confidence in their ability to weather immediate uncertainties. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or compliance with the Charities Act 2011.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months of free reserve funds (reserves figure: £34k)

“Our reserves policy is to hold 3 months of free reserve funds.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Investment
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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 2
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 7% of the £30,168 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Whitson
Francis Adefuye
John Steadman
Raphael Adefuye
Rinky Sikwa-Sikwa
Sharon Roscoe
VERONICA ADEFUYE

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£30k	£24k
31/12/2024	£30k	£28k
31/12/2023	£40k	£35k
31/12/2022	£30k	£27k
31/12/2021	£29k	£23k

Common questions

Is Oldham Chapel financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £33,683 at the end of the year, an increase from £28,572 the previous year. The trustees report a surplus of £5,111 for the financial year and express confidence in their ability to weather immediate uncertainties. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or compliance with the Charities Act 2011. Its FY2025 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
THE PAUL BASSHAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CULHAM CHAPEL TRUST.

CULHAM CHAPEL TRUST income £356k
RANSOM CHURCH OF GOD UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP income £90k
CHAPEL OF LIFE income £285k
BALHAM MOSQUE income £1.1m
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE income £92k
CENTRE CHURCH income £167k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Oldham Chapel	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CULHAM CHAPEL TRUST FY2025	£356k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RANSOM CHURCH OF GOD UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£90k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHAPEL OF LIFE FY2025	£285k	—	within	—	no doubt
BALHAM MOSQUE FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WYKEHAM CENTRE AND CHURCH HOUSE FY2025	£92k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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