Union Road Community Church (Oswaldtwistle)

Analysis

Union Road Community Church (Oswaldtwistle) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Union Road Community Church (Oswaldtwistle) reported income of £52k and spending of £54k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £38k to £52k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Union Road Community Church (Oswaldtwistle) sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unity Christian Centre (£52k), Child Protection & Rehabilitation Trust (£52k) and Zichron Ahron Trust Ltd (£52k).

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.