BOLTON BROWNLOW FOLD CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Registered charity 1161166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We have a Sunday morning church service at 11am Connect Group meeting in the weekKids Club on Friday evenings fortnightly During school term timeFriday Night youth group fortnightly During school term timeCaterpillars Baby group and Butterflies Play and Stay Monday morningsCommunity Garden Roots in Fresh Ground cafe (Friday & Saturday)

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS PART OF THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE INC AND THE DISTRICT PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN NORTHERN ENGLAND

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small deficit of £3,910 for the year ended 30 September 2025, primarily due to increased community impact and outstanding Gift Aid claims. Free/unrestricted reserves (cash funds) decreased from £17,828 to £13,922, and the trustees report that the charity does not maintain a formal reserves policy, relying instead on ongoing weekly support.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beth Ford
• Pamela Jayne Clarke

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

Operates in: Bolton

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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