FARNWORTH BAPTIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1185143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal purpose of the church is the advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination.The church also supports the local community through the alleviation of poverty and the promotion of social justice, the provision of education and the provision of community facilities.

Objects

THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION. THE CHURCH MAY ALSO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND CARRY OUT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has continued to be active despite financial challenges, with sales at The Well Café maintained over the year. The trustees note that the cost-of-living crisis and increasing demand for services are real concerns, but they remain hopeful about meeting these challenges through community support.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Farnworth Baptist Church (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev JOHN BRADBURY MAchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Alexandra Malone
• CHRISTOPHER THOMAS COX
• Oluwaseyi Amasha
• Rev Gail Scholes
• Rev HELEN GRACE BRADBURY
• Rev Oladimeji Kunle Ojerinola PhD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ronke Amasha

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Salford City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STOUR VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.

• STOUR VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £113k
• NORTHFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH income £170k
• HORFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH income £76k
• SAFFRON WALDEN BAPTIST CHURCH income £110k
• EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH FALMOUTH income £174k
• BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH income £224k

Side by side with its peers

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