THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' BIRKDALE

Registered charity 1127793 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JAMES' PCC, BIRKDALE

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Promoting the whole mission of the Christian Church through provision of activities for senior citizens and others. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

Objects

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

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Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of £20.3k in 2025, a significant improvement from the £72.7k loss in 2024, driven by £11.4k in legacies and £16.5k in specific donations for building projects. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £388,750, which is well above the stated policy target of £50k, though the PCC acknowledges future challenges in securing sufficient resources for ministry and fabric maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr JONATHAN PETER FOXchair
• BELINDA KATHRYN ARMSTRONG
• Brian Peter Jackson
• CHRIS NELSON
• Carol Jean Williams
• Dr George Ampat
• Dr Peter Andrew Downham
• Helen Coull Foster
• Jane Amanda Ludlow
• John Allan Salisbury MBE
• Julie Nadin
• MIKE LOWCOCK
• Sandra Jane Unsworth · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Carol Barnes

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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