THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH BUSHMEAD LUTON

Registered charity 1130499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTCHURCH BUSHMEAD PCC

Promotes the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic and social in the parish of Christchurch Bushmead and also the wider area of Luton

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: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£102k
Latest spending
£90k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,226 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £101,736 and total expenditure of £89,510. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total funds of £55,008 and remains optimistic about maintaining a positive balance between income and expenditure over the next few years. The charity operates on a voluntary basis with no staff employed during the financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Planned Giving (44% of income)
“Planned Giving – up £10,355 or 20.4%” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: holding approximately at least two months’ cash to meet the normal monthly expenditure of the church council (reserves figure: £55k)
“The PCC operates with a policy of holding approximately at least two months’ cash to meet the normal monthly expenditure of the church council.” — page 3
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.

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: 40

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

  • Volunteers: 35

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

  • Volunteers: 30

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£102k£90k
31/12/2024£102k£92k
31/12/2023£115k£113k
31/12/2022£99k£90k
31/12/2021£89k£88k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH BUSHMEAD LUTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,226 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £101,736 and total expenditure of £89,510. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total funds of £55,008 and remains optimistic about maintaining a positive balance between income and expenditure over the next few years. The charity operates on a voluntary basis with no staff employed during the financial year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH BUSHMEAD LUTON£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUSHEY FY2024£258k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BECKENHAM. FY2025£516k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUXTED AND HADLOW DOWN FY2025£124k——above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, GAMSTON AND BRIDGFORD FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH BARNSTON FY2025£225k—0above—no doubt

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