THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER ST PAULS WITH ST LUKES

Registered charity 1130604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTER ST PAULS PCC, Chester St Lukes Church, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER ST PAULS · filing overdue (register status)

Youth club, Children's club, Over 50s club. Normal Anglican Church community activities - Christian worship, funeral, wedding and infant baptism activities. Community Cafe. Active involvement in local schools.

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: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£183k
Latest spending
£185k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall loss of £1,227 for the year 2024, compared to a surplus of £12,817 in 2023 which included a one-off legacy. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves held at year-end were £47,308, which the PCC considers to be within its stated reserves policy range.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: lower of: a) 50% of the previous year's total income; and b) 50% of the previous year's combined Parish Share and staff wage bill plus £10,000 towards emergency maintenance (reserves figure: £47k)
“The PCC will aim to carry forward from one accounting year to the next no more than the lower of: a) 50% of the previous year's total income; and b) 50% of the previous year's combined Parish Share and staff wage bill plus £10,000 towards emergency maintenance.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity is the Corporate Trustee for the Campbell Hall. A donation of £1,039 was given to the Campbell Hall drop-in.
“A donation of £1,039 was given to the Campbell Hall drop-in. This transaction is included within Missing Giving & Donations in the Receipts and Payments Statement. The charity is the Corporate Trustee for the Campbell Hall.” — page 17
Per its FY2024 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 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 61

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

  • Volunteers: 109

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 85

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 05/11/2022, 5 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£183k£185k
31/12/2023£183k£170k
31/12/2022£166k£177k
31/12/2021£175k£183k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER ST PAULS WITH ST LUKES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall loss of £1,227 for the year 2024, compared to a surplus of £12,817 in 2023 which included a one-off legacy. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves held at year-end were £47,308, which the PCC considers to be within its stated reserves policy range. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2020£2kChurch window replacement
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/06/2017£10k"Securing the future of St Paul's Church as a heritage and community asset"

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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 CHESTER ST PAULS WITH ST LUKES£183k—0within—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL'S, PICKERING FY2025£255k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL WITH ST LUKE FINCHLEY FY2025£167k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, THROOP, BOURNEMOUTH FY2025£187k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHELTENHAM FY2025£316k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL, BASSINGBOURN FY2025£379k—0above—no doubt

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