FAMILY CHURCH

Registered charity 514852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BILLINGE FAMILY CHURCH, BILLINGE FAMILY CHURCH LIMITED, WIGAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP LIMITED

A local independent church with activities for church members and wider community including: parent & toddler group; counselling; Boys & Girls Brigades; Kids Church; youth club. Charitable work locally includes helping the homeless and vulnerable. Additionally the church supports initiatives abroad including orphanages in Uganda and India and aid projects in developing countries.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE:- (I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH THE WORSHIP OF GOD. (II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN GENERALLY BY THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE AND CONDUCTING OF A SCHOOL.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£167k

Latest spending

£118k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £48,767 for the year, reversing a deficit in the prior period. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted liquid reserves stood at £137,041, which is below the stated policy target of six months of forward funding. The charity remains dependent on continuing grant and donation support to maintain its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £137k; policy: six months forward)

“Free unrestricted liquid reserves amounted to £137,041” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Charity is entirely dependent on continuing grant and donation support and as a consequence the going concern basis is also dependent on that continuing financial support.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Peter Crossley
Emma Davies
GAYNOR MOBEY
John William Miller
Megan Valerie Hardy
Paul Andrew Boardman
TANEL LOKUTA

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

Operates in: St Helens · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£167k	£118k
31/03/2024	£165k	£181k
31/03/2023	£194k	£234k
31/03/2022	£186k	£195k
31/03/2021	£196k	£192k

Common questions

Is FAMILY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £48,767 for the year, reversing a deficit in the prior period. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted liquid reserves stood at £137,041, which is below the stated policy target of six months of forward funding. The charity remains dependent on continuing grant and donation support to maintain its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/11/2006	£5k	"Billinge Family Church Will Create A Wildlife And Sensory Garden In The Grounds Of Their Church. The Project Will Allow The Installation Of"
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/11/2006	£5k	BFC Sensory and Wildlife Garden

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 MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

READING FAMILY CHURCH income £1.5m
TYTHERINGTON FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH income £271k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD - MY FATHER'S HOUSE, DUNSTABLE income £136k
LONG LANE CHURCH income £228k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD LIVING BREAD NEWCASTLE income £209k
FOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH UK income £187k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FAMILY CHURCH	£167k	—	0	below	—	noted
READING FAMILY CHURCH FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
TYTHERINGTON FAMILY WORSHIP CHURCH FY2025	£271k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD - MY FATHER'S HOUSE, DUNSTABLE FY2025	£136k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LONG LANE CHURCH FY2025	£228k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD LIVING BREAD NEWCASTLE FY2025	£209k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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