East Cheshire Union of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

Analysis

East Cheshire Union of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hyde. It was registered in July 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Cheshire Union of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches reported income of £20k and spending of £12k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19k to £20k (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, East Cheshire Union of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brentwood Reform Synagogue (£20k), Ashington Church of England School and School House (£20k) and The Lancashire Association of Change Ringers' Bell Restoration Fund (£20k).