Blackburn Community Church

Analysis

Blackburn Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in October 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides other finance, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Blackburn Community Church reported income of £55k and spending of £67k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £68k to £55k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Blackburn Community Church sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poikilos (£55k), Global Presbyterian Worship Centre Kent (£55k) and TNT Ministries (£55k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.