THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER'S, DARWEN

Registered charity 1131646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. PETER'S PCC DARWEN

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Peter's Darwen is a town centre church open for all. We have services on Sundays and Wednesdays and community groups use the parish centre during the week

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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Registered contact address: Blackburn with Darwen, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£43k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £43,246, which the trustees consider maintains the charity's policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records, finding no material non-compliance. The trustees reported adequate resources for going concern and noted that no trustees received remuneration or benefits during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £43k)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Government income: £2,329 — grants £2,329 (1); 3% of the £68,281 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 25

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

Volunteers: 20

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Alison Jane Mitchellchair
Adam Stephen James Conley
Alison Claire Bent
Anne Carus
David Jonathan Bent
Emily Banks
Emma Maria Jefferson
HENRY HASLEM GILBRAITH
JAMES ALEXANDER McLEOD
JANETTE MARY COCKER
John Brotherton
June Stewart
Margaret Massey
Pauline Conley
Philip Leather
SUSAN PICKUP

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£68k	£43k
31/12/2024	£59k	£78k
31/12/2023	£64k	£32k
31/12/2022	£56k	£59k
31/12/2021	£65k	£110k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER'S, DARWEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £43,246, which the trustees consider maintains the charity's policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records, finding no material non-compliance. The trustees reported adequate resources for going concern and noted that no trustees received remuneration or benefits during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/09/2016	£230k	"Blackburn with Darwen: St Peter's Church, Darwen"

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 EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY	1	£100k

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'S, MANEY.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER'S, DARWEN	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S, MANEY FY2025	£120k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST PETER, LADYWOOD FY2025	£143k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S, ST ALBANS FY2025	£689k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER, CHRIST CHURCH FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN'S, SOUTH DULWICH FY2025	£268k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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