BOLTON VILLAS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY

Registered charity 1180791 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOLTON VILLAS FAMILY CHURCH

Bolton Villas Family Church exists to promote the Christian faith, we do this by providing regular public worship for all and aim to teach people about the love of Jesus through all our various activities.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEME OF UNION OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH.

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

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Latest income

£95k

Latest spending

£133k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free cash reserves of £57,418 exceeded the trustees' policy target of £23,592, representing at least three months of payments. The charity reported a net receipt of £11,687 for the year, supported by unrestricted funds and designated reserves, while noting challenges in balancing aspirations with available personnel and funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months payments, equivalent to £23,592 (held: £57k)

“It is the Trustees policy to maintain a balance of unrestricted funds (if possible), which equates to at least three months payments, equivalent to £23,592 to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: John Brookes, a trustee of the church, is employed as a cleaner and received gross wages of £6,780 (2023: £6,397) in that role and not his role as a trustee.

“John Brookes, a trustee of the church, is employed as a cleaner and received gross wages of £6,780 (2023: £6,397) in that role and not his role as a trustee.” — page 10

Per its FY2024 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
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
Paying staff
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Steele
John Brookes
Karen Charlesworth
Marguerite Helen Sobol BA DipLib
Nicole Freda Hall Miss
Peter Antony Jewell

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£95k	£133k
31/12/2024	£106k	£94k
31/12/2023	£113k	£117k
31/12/2022	£106k	£117k
31/12/2021	£108k	£102k

Common questions

Is BOLTON VILLAS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free cash reserves of £57,418 exceeded the trustees' policy target of £23,592, representing at least three months of payments. The charity reported a net receipt of £11,687 for the year, supported by unrestricted funds and designated reserves, while noting challenges in balancing aspirations with available personnel and funds. 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
THE BROOKSIDE TRUST	1	£190k
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£25k
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£13k
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£6k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

CLAREMONT CHURCH BOLTON income £105k
Grace Church, Bolton income £366k
POTTER'S HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UK BOLTON CHURCH income £185k
BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £403k
THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON income £668k
CHRIST CHURCH SWANLEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £142k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BOLTON VILLAS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY	£95k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CLAREMONT CHURCH BOLTON FY2025	£105k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Grace Church, Bolton FY2025	£366k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
POTTER'S HOUSE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP UK BOLTON CHURCH FY2025	£185k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£403k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON FY2024	£668k	£62,463	—	above	—	no doubt

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