THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER HALE

Registered charity 1130535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PETERS PCC HALE ALTRICHAM

Promoting in the ecclesiastical 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.

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Latest income

£213k

Latest spending

£187k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £18,270 and unrestricted reserves of £180,006, which the PCC considers adequate to cover future costs. The trustees confirm the charity operates as a going concern with sufficient funds to pay liabilities as they fall due. However, the financial review notes a decline in contributors and income, highlighting the need to reach out to new generations of givers to ensure long-term stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Trustee remuneration for Duty Manager role at Assembly Rooms

“None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related charity, with the exception of cover provided for the Duty Manager role at the Assembly Rooms. In 2025 the amount paid for this was £190.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration for Duty Manager role at Assembly Rooms

“None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related charity, with the exception of cover provided for the Duty Manager role at the Assembly Rooms. In 2025 the amount paid for this was £190.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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: 25

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

Volunteers: 20

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Barbara Brighton
Callum Charles Mitchell Bazley · trustee of 1 other charity
Catriona Elizabeth Mary Barlow · trustee of 1 other charity
Christine Davison
Christopher Sidney Graham
ELAINE ENGLISH · trustee of 1 other charity
ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA PARRY
JOHN HUMPHREY MOSS
JUDITH HOLDEN
Janet Lesley Bedell
Jillian Barbara Jagger · trustee of 1 other charity
Katharine Margaret Hass
Laura Alexandra Parry
Lesley Susan Bell · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary Elizabeth Shevaun Graham
Peter David Garnett
Venerable Michael Joseph Patrick McGurk

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£213k	£187k
31/12/2024	£268k	£238k
31/12/2023	£261k	£270k
31/12/2022	£274k	£342k
31/12/2021	£204k	£274k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER HALE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £18,270 and unrestricted reserves of £180,006, which the PCC considers adequate to cover future costs. The trustees confirm the charity operates as a going concern with sufficient funds to pay liabilities as they fall due. However, the financial review notes a decline in contributors and income, highlighting the need to reach out to new generations of givers to ensure long-term stability. 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 IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

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 PETER HIGH HARROGATE.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER HIGH HARROGATE income £378k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, COLCHESTER income £170k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL ORMSKIRK income £176k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL TONBRIDGE income £458k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER BROCKLEY income £806k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN MEADS income £267k

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 PETER HALE	£213k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER HIGH HARROGATE FY2025	£378k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, COLCHESTER FY2025	£170k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL ORMSKIRK FY2025	£176k	—	above	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL TONBRIDGE FY2025	£458k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER BROCKLEY FY2025	£806k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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