DUKINFIELD OLD CHAPEL UNITARIANS

Registered charity 1210375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

a) The advancement of the Unitarian faith and the public worship of God; b) The advancement of religious education in accordance with the principles of the Unitarian faith; c) The advancement of the education of children and young people in the faith particularly by the provision of a Sunday School.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE UNITARIAN FAITH AND THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF GOD;3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITARIAN FAITH; 3.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITARIAN FAITH PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF A SUNDAY SCHOOL; AND3.1.4 TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE UNITARIAN CHURCH IN DUKINFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD INCLUDING BY PROVIDING A CHAPEL, BURIAL GROUND AND SUNDAY SCHOOL.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £4,312.75 for the year ending 31 December 2025. Total income was £43,127.49 against total expenses of £38,795.97, resulting in positive cash balances across multiple accounts totaling £134,354.00 at year-end.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRONWYN LOWE
• CHRISTINA ANN ANDREW
• CHRISTINE CHEETHAM
• Claire Louise Ayres · trustee of 1 other charity
• EMMA Nettles
• JOHN ANDREW SWINDELLS
• Jennifer Margaret Moody
• KEVIN LOWE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARJORIE GEE
• Marjorie Lord
• Shirley Taylor Richardson
• Susan Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Tameside

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with United Church Schools Trust.

• United Church Schools Trust income £185.2m
• DEAN ROW UNITARIAN CHAPEL FUNDS HELD ICW income £46k
• DUKINFIELD OLD CHAPEL AND SUNDAY SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST income £17k
• UNITED CHURCH, WINCHESTER income £211k
• OLD MEETING HOUSE income £77k
• DUKINFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH income £49k

Side by side with its peers

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