DUKINFIELD OLD CHAPEL AND SUNDAY SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST

Registered charity 244706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DUKINFIELD OLD CHAPEL SUNDAY SCHOOL, OLD CHAPEL TRUSTEES

Further the religious and other charitable purposes of the Unitarian church in Dukinfield and the surrounding neighbourhood by providing support to the congregation.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO FURTHER RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE UNITARIAN CHURCH IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(2) SUBJECT TO CLAUSE 21, THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE OF THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY INCLUDING PROVISION OF A CHAPEL, BURIAL GROUND AND SUNDAY SCHOOL

Area of benefit: DUKINFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£17k
Latest spending
£21k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the trust incurred a deficit of £16,431.38 for the year, resulting in a decrease in cash deposits. However, the trust holds significant unrestricted and restricted investment assets, including a building restoration fund valued at £72,481.00 and other investment portfolios totaling over £448,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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: 12
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tameside

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£17k£21k
31/12/2024£32k£48k
31/12/2023£20k£8k
31/12/2022£25k£26k
31/12/2021£15k£26k

Common questions

Is DUKINFIELD OLD CHAPEL AND SUNDAY SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the trust incurred a deficit of £16,431.38 for the year, resulting in a decrease in cash deposits. However, the trust holds significant unrestricted and restricted investment assets, including a building restoration fund valued at £72,481.00 and other investment portfolios totaling over £448,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/06/2015£380k"Restoration of: roof, water dispersal system, ceiling and masonry"

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DUKINFIELD OLD CHAPEL UNITARIANS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DUKINFIELD OLD CHAPEL AND SUNDAY SCHOOL PROPERTY TRUST£17k—0unclear—no doubt
DUKINFIELD OLD CHAPEL UNITARIANS FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY HELD BY TRUSTEES OF ST AUGUSTINE'S PRIORY FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
DUNWICH TOWN TRUST FY2025£129k—0unclear—no doubt
DUKINFIELD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt
UNITARIAN CHAPEL TRUST PROPERTY FY2025£60k—0unclear—no doubt

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