THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH,SOWERBY BRIDGE

Registered charity 1131180 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRIST CHURCH PCC,SOWERBY BRIDGE

Regular public worship open to all.Provision of sacred space for personal prayer & contemplation.Pastoral work including visiting the sick & bereaved.Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses, schools & small groups.Supporting other charities in the UK & overseas.Providing family and children's activities for community.Building available for community activities

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the PCC has no paid employees and relies on volunteers, with only training costs, travel, and occasional office fees reimbursed. The Vicar's report highlights financial challenges, noting that the demands of running the building and activities are large and that the church cannot function without financial support. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters requiring attention were identified during the examination of the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Tommy Daglishchair
• Alyssa Allison Callighan
• Angela Wilkins
• Anthea Lesley Gee
• Catherine Ann Wallace
• DAVID GILL
• Helen Mary Pedley
• Janet Turner
• PAUL HEALEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter James Henry
• Sarah Helen Towler

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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