PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULL

Registered charity 1127404 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KNOWLE PCC, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST LAWRENCE AND ST ANNE, KNOWLE IN THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM

The provision of regular Public Worship, open to all.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.4m

Latest spending

£992k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £93,000 are maintained above the stated policy target of £80,000, providing a healthy financial cushion. The charity reports no material debt and confirms that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months. While general fund expenditure exceeded income by £20,000, this was offset by significant restricted fund inflows related to a building reordering project.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and grants (64% of income)

“Total income increased by £1,526k to £2,411k mainly as a result of a £1,482k increase in income for the “For Future Generations” project to reorder the church interior.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £80,000 (held: £93k)

“The PCC has reconfirmed its policy to maintain a balance on General Fund reserves (net current assets, which excludes fixed assets) of a least 10%, or 5 weeks, of annual payments from the Fund. Because of the general increase in the activity and cost levels in the church, this value has now been increased to £80,000” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees received £516,445 in unconditional donations.

“Charities must also provide an aggregate disclosure of the total amount of donations received from trustees without conditions; these totalled £516,445 in 2025”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Thomas and Young. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Knowle Parish Church, Solihull (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Geoff Lanham — Clergy (source)
Steve Johnson — Clergy (source)
Liz Welton — Churchwarden (source)
Rod Street — Churchwarden (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.4m

Total spending

£992k

Cost of raising funds

£4k

Reserves (reported)

£93k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Geoffrey Peter Lanhamchair
Alan Stephen Rebeiro
Chor Wo Kwok
David Charles Pickering
Hannah Bull
Hugh Rollinson
Jennie Louise Lumb
Julia Jane Savage
Katherine Boyall
MRS LIZ WELTON · trustee of 2 other charities
Rebecca Louise Hailes
Rev Stephen Johnson
Roderick Brian Street · trustee of 2 other charities
Sarah Jane Brown
Stuart Paul Webb
Warren Wing Wah Tan
Yuen Ting Roxanne Chung

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.4m	£992k
31/12/2024	£885k	£910k
31/12/2023	£905k	£875k
31/12/2022	£774k	£747k
31/12/2021	£667k	£694k

Common questions

Is PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £93,000 are maintained above the stated policy target of £80,000, providing a healthy financial cushion. The charity reports no material debt and confirms that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months. While general fund expenditure exceeded income by £20,000, this was offset by significant restricted fund inflows related to a building reordering project. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Thomas and Young.

Who funds PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULL as a grant recipient include THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD	FY2024	£25k
THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD	FY2025	£25k
THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD	FY2022	£20k
THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD	FY2021	£20k
THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD	FY2023	£15k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDMUND THE KING, ST MARY WOOLNOTH AND ST CLEMENT EASTCHEAP.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULL	£2.4m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDMUND THE KING, ST MARY WOOLNOTH AND ST CLEMENT EASTCHEAP FY2025	£682k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S KINGS WORTHY FY2025	£191k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW FY2024	£303k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER HALE FY2025	£213k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.MARTIN-OF-TOUR, CHELSFIELD FY2025	£261k	—	above	7.6%	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.