THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.WILFRID, GRAPPENHALL

Registered charity 1131723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST.WILFRID'S PCC, GRAPPENHALL

Religious activities - Regular public worship open to all. We are an Inclusive Church

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£211k

Latest spending

£261k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the church is facing financial challenges, specifically a weekly shortfall of around £500 that needs to be closed. Despite this deficit, the Rector remains confident in the future, citing encouraging signs of growth in younger families and community engagement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We have also we also have to contend with some financial challenges that our church may face if we do not begin to close our current shortfall of around £500 per week.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

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

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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

Volunteers: 48
Government income: £11,729 — grants £11,729 (4); 6% of the £211,443 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

Volunteers: 40

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

Volunteers: 67
Government income: £3,962 — grants £3,962 (2); 2% of the £202,139 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

National Lottery Community Fund — “Government grants including the Coronavirus Community Support fund funded by DCMS and administered by the National Lottery Community Fund en…” (source page)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “In January 2021, with help from our MP, Andy Carter MP, we applied for support from the DCMS’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage administer…” (source page)
Cheshire Community Foundation — “We were delighted to receive grant funding for the construction from Cheshire Community Foundation” (source page)
The Robert Clutterbuck Foundation — “The Robert Clutterbuck Foundation funded lighting along the pedestrian path linking the Scout Hut and Campsite to Church Lane.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Mark Orrellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ALISON KATHRYN CHARLOTTE COLLINS
CHARLES JESUDASON
Colin Pare
DOROTHY LEWIS
Gill White
HELEN Hughes
JULIE ISABELLA RYAN
Jennifer Pearce
John Sage
Jonathan Robertson
Linda Stockton
MARJORIE CASSIN
MR GERAINT WILLIAMS
Margaret Kitchen
Mike Thomson
Phillip Hough
Rev Kate Pwaisiho
SYBIL MOSELEY
Sarah Young
Sue Jones

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£211k	£261k
31/12/2024	£260k	£222k
31/12/2023	£202k	£198k
31/12/2022	£224k	£211k
31/12/2021	£428k	£671k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.WILFRID, GRAPPENHALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the church is facing financial challenges, specifically a weekly shortfall of around £500 that needs to be closed. Despite this deficit, the Rector remains confident in the future, citing encouraging signs of growth in younger families and community engagement.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	08/03/2021	£3k	CRF21 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wilfrid, Grappenhall
UK government	08/03/2021	£27k	CRF21 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wilfrid, Grappenhall
UK government	08/03/2021	£76k	CRF21 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wilfrid, Grappenhall

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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 ST.WILFRID, GRAPPENHALL	£211k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID'S CHURCH, WILFORD, NOTTINGHAM. FY2024	£204k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, CHICHESTER FY2025	£76k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, WILFORD HILL FY2025	£320k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, COWPLAIN FY2025	£121k	—	below	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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