Bacup Fellowship of Churches

Analysis

Bacup Fellowship of Churches is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bacup. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bacup Fellowship of Churches reported income of £115k and spending of £118k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £67k to £115k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bacup Fellowship of Churches sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Gate Church, UK (£115k), Robinson's Retreat and Relief Charities (£115k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God, Covenant Restoration Assembly, Selly Oak, Birmingham (£115k).