Bury Voluntary Community & Faith Alliance

Analysis

Bury Voluntary Community & Faith Alliance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bury Voluntary Community & Faith Alliance reported income of £972k and spending of £855k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £596k to £972k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bury Voluntary Community & Faith Alliance sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warrington District Citizens Advice Bureau (£969k), Vita Et Pax School (Cockfosters) Limited (£972k) and St Petrock's (Exeter) Limited (£969k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and trading 3.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £327k. Reserves of £151k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.