THE JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY

Registered charity 1129017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN BAPTIST,WESTWOOD,COVENTRY

PROMOTING IN THE PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

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.

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

Latest income

£316k

Latest spending

£341k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £15,034 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees consider the finances to be in a stable position, with unrestricted and designated funds representing 8.1% of turnover, which is below their stated policy target of 10-15%. The charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The unrestricted funds totalled £50,348 at 31st December 2025, about 15% of annual turnover.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 110
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 120
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 108

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Gareth Iain Irvinechair
Abigail Julie Baxter
Erin Victoria Gilmour
Jeff Smailes
Jonathan Ashley Martin
Lydia Sampson
Matt Jermyn
Michael Lane
Michelle Charlotte Robinson
Stephen Elton
Susannah Ruth Elton
THOMAS KENNARD HICKINBOTTOM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£316k	£341k
31/12/2024	£332k	£315k
31/12/2023	£271k	£276k
31/12/2022	£244k	£267k
31/12/2021	£281k	£243k

Common questions

Is THE JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £15,034 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees consider the finances to be in a stable position, with unrestricted and designated funds representing 8.1% of turnover, which is below their stated policy target of 10-15%. The charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE BAPTIST UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN	1	£477k
THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL	1	£155k
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£25k
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIES	1	£15k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY	1	£14k
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT	1	£10k
THE COVENTRY GENERAL CHARITY	1	£8k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH.

BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £209k
COVENTRY CITY MISSION income £145k
BRIDGE CHURCH NEWBURY income £190k
BRIDGE TRUST income £1.3m
THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON income £668k
BRIDGE CHURCH MINISTRIES income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY	£316k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£209k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
COVENTRY CITY MISSION FY2025	£145k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRIDGE CHURCH NEWBURY FY2025	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIDGE TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON FY2024	£668k	£62,463	—	above	—	no doubt

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