PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH WESTBOURNE

Registered charity 1131265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARSH OF CHRIST CHURCH WESTBOURNE

We are a friendly and informal Christian church on the west side of Bournemouth in Westbourne. We are a mix of people from different areas and countries and at different ages and stages of life and there is something for everyone on Sundays and throughout the week. Our vision is to make and mature disciples of Jesus Christ.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,907,612, which is below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (calculated as £141,645 based on the prior year's revenue expenditure of £566,575). The charity reported a net expenditure for the year and holds significant tangible fixed assets, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £465k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev NICHOLAS ROBIN THOMAS HISCOCKSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ben Clemson
• Charles Stewart Greaves · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joseph Leo Bernard Gwizdala
• Melanie Grace Hosken
• Nicholas Andrew May
• Nikos Yianni
• Peter John Michael Mahony
• Russell Alan Coxon
• Ruth Hannah Forrest
• Stephen Chalkly-Pereira
• Thomas Alan Fentiman

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Brazil · Bulgaria · France · Poole · Spain

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH WEST WIMBLEDON.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF CHRIST CHURCH WEST WIMBLEDON income £175k
• WESTBOURNE GROVE CHURCH income £459k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH LOWESTOFT income £162k
• LANSDOWNE BAPTIST CHURCH BOURNEMOUTH income £819k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BECKENHAM. income £516k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CHRISTOPHER, BOURNEMOUTH income £264k

Side by side with its peers

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