THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ELLESMERE PORT

Registered charity 1132859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELLESMERE PORT PCC

Regular public worship open to all at 2 worship centres, St Thomas and All Saints Church and St Lawrence church. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Teaching of Christianity. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. Pastoral work including visiying the sick and bereaved. Promoting the whole mission of the church. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

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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Latest income

£212k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at an overall deficit of £22,093 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £211,525 against expenditure of £233,618. The charity holds total reserves of £38,986, which the trustees note are slightly below their stated policy target of three months of general expenditure (£37,786 to £41,743 depending on the specific calculation cited).

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Church members' giving (61% of income)

“61% of our income in this fund came from the giving of church members, including £20,621 recovered from gift aid during the year.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months general expenditure inclusive of our Parish Share (held: £39k)

“Our reserve policy is to hold 3 months general expenditure inclusive of our Parish Share which would currently amount to £37,786.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Price
DAVID GERARD BLAIR
DAYNA MARGARET HARRISON
DIANA MARY BURTON BA
Gaynor Lyth
HELEN REID BURGESS
JEAN WELCH · trustee of 1 other charity
JUDITH DERBY
Jane Chance
Janet Tomlinson
Karen Milne
Michael Burton
RUBY KAREN ROSE MILNE
Rev RICHARD ANTHONY MONTGOMERY
Rev Rachel Leanne Newell
Susan Mayers
Win Moorcroft

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£212k	£234k
31/12/2024	£172k	£169k
31/12/2023	£207k	£209k
31/12/2022	£180k	£184k
31/12/2021	£154k	£157k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ELLESMERE PORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at an overall deficit of £22,093 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £211,525 against expenditure of £233,618. The charity holds total reserves of £38,986, which the trustees note are slightly below their stated policy target of three months of general expenditure (£37,786 to £41,743 depending on the specific calculation cited). 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	07/07/2023	£10k	Ellesmere Port Parish Community Outreach
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/01/2022	£10k	Food Hamper Community Project

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
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND	1	£2k

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 MARY, ATTENBOROUGH..

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, ATTENBOROUGH. income £164k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHEYLESMORE, COVENTRY income £114k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY, THORPE income £988k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OXSHOTT income £316k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, ROBY income £100k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHELTENHAM income £251k

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 ELLESMERE PORT	£212k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, ATTENBOROUGH. FY2024	£164k	—	below	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHEYLESMORE, COVENTRY FY2025	£114k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY, THORPE FY2024	£988k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OXSHOTT FY2025	£316k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, ROBY FY2024	£100k	—	below	—	no doubt

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