Dukinfield Congregational Church

Analysis

Dukinfield Congregational Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dukinfield Congregational Church reported income of £49k and spending of £53k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £74k to £49k (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Dukinfield Congregational Church 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 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ladder Apprenticeship Foundation (£49k), FWH Creations (£49k) and Mother Humber Memorial Fund (£49k).

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.