THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH PENNINGTON (MANCHESTER DIOCESE)

Registered charity 1130715 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRIST CHURCH PENNINGTON

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Latest income

£214k

Latest spending

£245k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £39,990 for the year, driven by higher expenditure than income. Free reserves stood at £19,330, which the trustees confirmed met their policy target of holding 2-3 months of average running costs. The charity holds significant unrestricted investments valued at £313,811, contributing to total net assets of £443,750.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 2-3 months operating costs (held: £19k)

“The trustees policy is to hold 2-3 months operating costs in free reserves.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON JEAN DAVIES
Aimie Moore
Andrea Roberts
Anthony Murden
Cyril Lloyd Roberts
Elizabeth Dawn Partington
Emma Nicholson
Heather Elisabeth Olwen Owen
JIM JOHNSON
James Cowley
Jill Susan Piotrowska
John Albert Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity
Judith Pitt
Mark Jonathan Brown
Peter Urquhart
Rev Ayoka Olabisi
Rev ERIC JAMES WHITE · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Jack Shepherd
Simon Robert Bennett
Steven Hall
Theresa Shenton
Vivien Doran-Johnson
Wiktor Piotrowski Piotrowski

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£214k	£245k
31/12/2024	£152k	£211k
31/12/2023	£142k	£178k
31/12/2022	£214k	£195k
31/12/2021	£256k	£165k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH PENNINGTON (MANCHESTER DIOCESE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £39,990 for the year, driven by higher expenditure than income. Free reserves stood at £19,330, which the trustees confirmed met their policy target of holding 2-3 months of average running costs. The charity holds significant unrestricted investments valued at £313,811, contributing to total net assets of £443,750. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH PENNINGTON (MANCHESTER DIOCESE)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH PENNINGTON (MANCHESTER DIOCESE) as a grant recipient include THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/02/2019	£3k	Eden Bus project in Leigh

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 Lancing with Coombes.

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 CHRIST CHURCH PENNINGTON (MANCHESTER DIOCESE)	£214k	—	within	—	no doubt
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lancing with Coombes FY2025	£136k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST FY2024	£271k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST KEA, TRURO FY2025	£326k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS', SIDMOUTH. FY2025	£435k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FUNTINGTON WITH WEST STOKE AND SENNICOTTS FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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