Lancashire Collaborative Ministry CIO

Analysis

Lancashire Collaborative Ministry CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lancashire Collaborative Ministry CIO reported income of £81k and spending of £77k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £50k to £81k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lancashire Collaborative Ministry CIO sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yorkshire Theological Education Partnership (£81k), Blackwell Hall (£81k) and Markaz - E L Tathgheef - E L Eslami (The Centre for Islamic Enlightening) (£81k).