THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, WATFORD

Registered charity 1130376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LUKE'S PCC, WATFORD

Promoting 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

Registered contact address: Watford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£349k

Latest spending

£348k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased slightly to £932,969, with a general reserve of £42,092 retained for normal operations. The charity reports breaking even for the year despite increased expenditure, and the trustees confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: over £40k (reserves figure: £933k)

“an operating general reserve of over £40k is retained. This represents the amount the PCC thinks is necessary to operate in the normal course of events.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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: 90
Government income: £675 — grants £675 (1); under 1% of the £348,633 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 90

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

Volunteers: 70
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Michael John Normanchair
ADRIENNE GAIL COOKE · trustee of 1 other charity
Cynthia Mary Bowen
DAVE CLARKE
Deborah Bratic
Deborah Sigrid King
Derek Geoffrey Hill
Helen Jane Booth
John Robert Sills
Margaret Ivy Forester
Marion Pamela Harvey
Mavis Clarke
Olufunsho Dollop Oladuji
Pamela Ann Norman · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Francis Trundle
Terence Sullivan

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£349k	£348k
31/12/2024	£369k	£347k
31/12/2023	£323k	£327k
31/12/2022	£329k	£308k
31/12/2021	£313k	£320k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, WATFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased slightly to £932,969, with a general reserve of £42,092 retained for normal operations. The charity reports breaking even for the year despite increased expenditure, and the trustees confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, WATFORD	£349k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH FY2025	£356k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, WATFORD FY2025	£93k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, GAMSTON AND BRIDGFORD FY2025	£359k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, WIMBLEDON PARK FY2025	£257k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE'S, WEST HOLLOWAY, LONDON FY2025	£275k	—	above	—	no doubt

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