WIRRAL CHRISTIAN MEDIA LIMITED

Registered charity 1116164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIRRAL CHRISTIAN MEDIA

Christian and Community Radio broadcasting

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO PARTICULARLY BY MEANS OF PROMOTING AND UNDERTAKING CHRISTIAN RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE WIRRAL AND IN 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.

Area of benefit: THE WIRRAL AND OTHER PARTS OF UNITED KINGDOM AND OF THE WORLD.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£26k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is trading at a loss with net current liabilities of £34,414 and total net assets of £-68,773. The independent examiner notes that the charity is dependent on the continued support of creditors long term to trade out of this deficit. The charity's future is described as dependent on supporters, the team, and existing trustee loans.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The accounts have been drawn up as a going concern, although the charity has net assets it is trading at a loss and is dependent on the continued support of the creditors long term.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Deferred heat and light costs waived by St Paul's Road Mission

“Note that St Paul’s Road Mission has waived the deferred heat and light costs (since 2009).” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (31/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

NORMAN ROY POLDENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID HIGHAM
PETER MCGRATH · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Victor Edwards

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Flintshire · Liverpool City · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£26k	£27k
31/03/2024	£34k	£58k
31/03/2023	£23k	£25k
31/03/2022	£20k	£22k
31/03/2021	£32k	£36k

Common questions

Is WIRRAL CHRISTIAN MEDIA LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is trading at a loss with net current liabilities of £34,414 and total net assets of £-68,773. The independent examiner notes that the charity is dependent on the continued support of creditors long term to trade out of this deficit. The charity's future is described as dependent on supporters, the team, and existing trustee loans. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/03/2005	£24k	"Wirral Customs and Traditions - recorded and broadcast talks"