The Western Union of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches

Analysis

The Western Union of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Westbury. It was registered in July 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Western Union of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches reported income of £26k and spending of £27k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £92k to £26k (-72%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 618%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Western Union of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester House of Prayer (£26k), Culcheth Educational Foundation (Religious Instruction Trust) (£26k) and Ecclesiastical Charity (£26k).