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Brave Church

Brave Church is a registered charity (number 1123994) based in Lancashire, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Craig Clark since 2022. Latest income £531k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £531k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Lancashire
Website
www.bravechurch.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£531k£572k
  • 2023£406k£355k
  • 2022£434k£314k
Earlier years
  • 2021£403k£400k
  • 2020£393k£338k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 27%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN OSWALDTWISTLE LANCASHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST.(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS BY THE PROVISION OF A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN ETHOS PRE-SCHOOL, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT PERTAINS TO LIFELONG LEARNING, AND INFORMATION MEDIA TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN OSWALDTWISTLE LANCASHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT (D) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST ADVICE, A DROP-IN CENTRE AND GROUPS IN OSWALDTWISTLE LANCASHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Grants received

10 grants · £114,763 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

3y median 3.5y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4Religious Activities 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£531k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

17
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1123994
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 30/03/2008AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 10/11/2015AS AMENDED ON 23 JAN 2018 as amended on 08 May 2022
Contact on the register
01254372771 · hello@bravechurch.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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