Blackburn Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Analysis

Blackburn Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St. Edmunds. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackburn Evangelical Presbyterian Church reported income of £23k and spending of £40k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28k to £23k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Blackburn Evangelical Presbyterian Church sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope for Tanzania (£23k), Church of Fire Faith and Salvation Ministry (£23k) and Ormskirk Christadelphian Ecclesia (£23k).

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.