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Family Church

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Family Church is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities.

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What are the key facts about Family Church?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£166,971
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£118,204
Registered charity number
514852
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Billinge
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Family Church (number 514852) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Family Church do?

A local independent church with activities for church members and wider community including: parent & toddler group; counselling; Boys & Girls Brigades; Kids Church; youth club. Charitable work locally includes helping the homeless and vulnerable. Additionally the church supports initiatives abroad including orphanages in Uganda and India and aid projects in developing countries.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Family Church

Answers Family Church gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Family Church's highest-paid staff paid?

Family Church's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Family Church as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Family Church's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
01786058 (Companies House)
Also known as
Billinge Family Church
Previous names on the register
Billinge Family Church Limited; Wigan Christian Fellowship Limited
Where it says it operates
Wigan · St Helens

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Human Resources; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Other Charitable Activities.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Family Church registered for?

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Why is there no Clarity Score for Family Church yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Family Church. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

What should you check before donating to Family Church?

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Frequently asked questions

Is Family Church a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Family Church as a registered charity (number 514852) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Family Church's charity number?
Family Church's charity number is 514852. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 514852?
Search 514852 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Family Church do?
A local independent church with activities for church members and wider community including: parent & toddler group; counselling; Boys & Girls Brigades; Kids Church; youth club. Charitable work locally includes helping the homeless and vulnerable. Additionally the church supports initiatives abroad including orphanages in Uganda and India and aid projects in developing countries.
Does Family Church have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Family Church. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Family Church?
Family Church's website listed in our register data is http://www.familychurch.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Family Church's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Family Church's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Family Church?
The register records Family Church as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Family Church's trustees paid?
Family Church's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Family Church previously called?
The register lists these previous names for Family Church: Billinge Family Church Limited; Wigan Christian Fellowship Limited.
When was Family Church registered as a charity?
Family Church was entered on the register on 26 March 1984. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01786058).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.