BISHOPS CASTLE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Registered charity 1132181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOPS CASTLE

Providing the community with spiritual and practical support including work with schools and the sick, the elderly and vulnerable adults both at home and in care institutions as well as hospitals.

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Latest income

£173k

Latest spending

£171k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small overall surplus of £1,674.99 for the year, driven by regular giving and reduced deficits in barn activities. The Treasurer notes that the charity is able to continue its work and meet obligations, with financial stability maintained through standing orders and the Parish Giving Scheme.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BISHOPS CASTLE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

REV STEPHANIE ANN CELIA FOUNTAINchair
CAROLINE SORREL BABB
CATHERINE ANNE OWEN
HEATHER MARY WILLIS
JOHN BINFIELD WARREN
Katherine Margaret Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
MARTIN ANTHONY HOWITT · trustee of 1 other charity
ROGER JOHN TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
SYLVIA RUTH TAYLOR
WILLIAM TIMOTHY HALFORD

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£173k	£171k
31/12/2024	£128k	£126k
31/12/2023	£67k	£65k
31/12/2022	£126k	£132k
31/12/2021	£101k	£88k

Common questions

Is BISHOPS CASTLE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a small overall surplus of £1,674.99 for the year, driven by regular giving and reduced deficits in barn activities. The Treasurer notes that the charity is able to continue its work and meet obligations, with financial stability maintained through standing orders and the Parish Giving Scheme. 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 Community Fund	06/02/2026	£10k	Building the Third Place.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/03/2019	£67k	"The Georgians in stone"

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
HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k

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, LECKHAMPTON.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BISHOPS CASTLE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, LECKHAMPTON FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS HATTERSLEY FY2025	£145k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY FY2025	£163k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN FY2025	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OADBY FY2024	£190k	—	above	—	no doubt

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