Bury Unitarian Church

Analysis

Bury Unitarian Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bury Unitarian Church reported income of £117k and spending of £117k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £77k to £117k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bury Unitarian Church sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% 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 Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone (Oaks) (£117k), River of Life Community Church (Haverhill) (£117k) and Henry Cowton (£117k).