Oldham Chapel

Analysis

Oldham Chapel is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in September 2005, 21 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oldham Chapel reported income of £30k and spending of £24k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £30k (+2.4%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oldham Chapel sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Free Mission Church (£30k), Churches Together in Lancashire (£30k) and Amble Foodbank (£30k).