THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CROSTHWAITE, SAINT KENTIGERN, KESWICK

Registered charity 1132320 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST KENTIGERN'S, CROSTHWAITE, KESWICK

Regular public worship open to allProvision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplationPastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereavedTeaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groupsTaking of religious assemblies in schoolsPromoting the whole mission of the Church through the provision of activities for all age groups, parents and toddlers

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

Latest income

£186k

Latest spending

£129k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that overall receipts exceeded expenditure by £57,111, resulting in total funds and reserves of £221,971 at year-end. However, the day-to-day unrestricted general funds showed a deficit, with expenditure exceeding receipts by £15,461. The majority of the charity's reserves are held in designated and restricted funds rather than available unrestricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: All other giving/voluntary receipts (48% of income)

“All other giving/voluntary receipts 1 5,153 16,800 66,615 - 88,568 18,846” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

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 31/12/2024

Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 2% of the £126,122 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £2,000 — grants £2,000 (1); 2% of the £130,587 total gross income on the same return

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 Andrew Graham Murphiechair · trustee of 1 other charity
ALISON DURSTON-SMITH
CLAIRE LOUISE WILLIAMS
Dorothy Fernandez
George Scott Parkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Keith Malcolm Rigg · trustee of 2 other charities
LAURENCE DURSTON-SMITH
LINDA ELIZABETH RIGG · trustee of 1 other charity
LINDA TEE
Martin Head
Mr Chris Pond
Rachel Thomas
SARA FRANCES MILLER
Wendy Cunliffe

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£186k	£129k
31/12/2024	£126k	£131k
31/12/2023	£131k	£121k
31/12/2022	£113k	£102k
31/12/2021	£127k	£204k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CROSTHWAITE, SAINT KENTIGERN, KESWICK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that overall receipts exceeded expenditure by £57,111, resulting in total funds and reserves of £221,971 at year-end. However, the day-to-day unrestricted general funds showed a deficit, with expenditure exceeding receipts by £15,461. The majority of the charity's reserves are held in designated and restricted funds rather than available unrestricted reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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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 CROSTHWAITE, SAINT KENTIGERN, KESWICK	£186k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET, HOLYROOD, PRESTWICH FY2024	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTERTON ST ANDREW FY2025	£692k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE SAINT MICHAEL, COVENTRY FY2025	£102k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, KINGSTON HILL FY2025	£458k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH SOUTH OSSETT FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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