THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES & EMMANUEL, DIDSBURY

Registered charity 1131669 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JAMES & EMMANUEL PCC, DIDSBURY

St James and Emmanuel is a large and diverse church community consisting of 4 Sunday congregations and several small groups. We have close links with St James and Emmanuel Academy Trust and our buildings are used continually throughout the week by church members and the wider community. We run numerous homegroups and activities from youth/children's groups through to work with the disadvantaged.

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: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£490k

Latest spending

£541k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £1,234,000 at the year end, representing a surplus for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 151
Government income: £5,157 — grants £5,157 (2); 1% of the £490,191 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 110
Government income: £8,512 — grants £8,512 (2); 2% of the £491,949 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity; other trustee benefit

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

Volunteers: 149
Government income: £9,968 — grants £9,968 (3); 2% of the £469,229 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St James & Emmanuel, Didsbury (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREA JANE DUNKERLEY
Alexander David Sims
Andrew Wesley Hurrell
Charles Patrick Thom
Christopher John Smail
Claire Elizabeth Mauchline
Colin Roche
DR ROSEMARY BRENDA MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Louise Ruth Smail · trustee of 1 other charity
Duncan Alan Wilcock
Emma Bennett
Fiona Macdougall Coulthard
Gillian Hughes
HILARY ANN LOWE · trustee of 2 other charities
JAMES MARTIN WILSON
JEFFREY NORMAN DUNKERLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
JONATHAN PARKIN · trustee of 2 other charities
Joyce Margaret Thom
Karen Dean
Miriam Jones
Nicola Sherry Massingham
Parsa Zabihollahi
Pek Hui Teo
Prof Catherine Irena Grugulis
Rachel Louise Bowyer
Rev Catherine Frances Allison
Stephen Peter Penfold
Vicki Jane Long

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£490k	£541k
31/12/2024	£492k	£495k
31/12/2023	£469k	£903k
31/12/2022	£498k	£576k
31/12/2021	£440k	£571k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES & EMMANUEL, DIDSBURY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £1,234,000 at the year end, representing a surplus for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. 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	16/03/2017	£234k	"Emmanuel Church Didsbury roofing, masonry repairs with access works"

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
PROJECT GIVING BACK	1	£444k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£100k
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	1	£29k

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 JOHN-AT-HAMPSTEAD.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN-AT-HAMPSTEAD income £435k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, WESTMINSTER income £4.1m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES WITH ST PETER ISLINGTON income £236k
THE PARISH HALL CHARITY income £42k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, SIDCUP income £356k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, JESMOND. income £311k

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 JAMES & EMMANUEL, DIDSBURY	£490k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN-AT-HAMPSTEAD FY2025	£435k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, WESTMINSTER FY2025	£4.1m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES WITH ST PETER ISLINGTON FY2025	£236k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PARISH HALL CHARITY FY2025	£42k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, SIDCUP FY2025	£356k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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