THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN'S, PRENTON

Registered charity 1131998 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST STEPHEN'S PCC, PRENTON, St Stephen's Church Prenton

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church; pastoral, ecclesiastic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for St. Stephen's church, St. Stephen's church hall and the curate's house, which it owns.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an unrestricted deficit of -£47,078 for the year, resulting in a reduction of total assets from £417,609 to £377,552. The Treasurer reports that this expenditure was primarily driven by major building works and increased staff costs, funded in part by drawing down cash held on deposit. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £284,388 and notes that unrestricted income saw a 9.4% increase over the previous year.

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 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Martin
• Andrew Williams
• Daniel Davies
• Dr Joel Giblett
• Jennifer Webb
• Joan Potts
• June Sandra Macdonald
• PETER JOHN WARREN EARP
• Patrick John Giblett
• Peter George Horton
• ROSEMARY ELIZABETH EARP · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Matthew John Graham
• Richard Burton Fearnley
• Richard James Dunning

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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