THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT HORTON, BRADFORD

Registered charity 1133766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S GREAT HORTON PCC

The Parochial Church Council of St Johns Great Horton has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church premises.

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Latest income

£628k

Latest spending

£596k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £61,023 matched the trustees' policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted payments. The charity reported a surplus on unrestricted giving of £8,762 for the year, having received total incoming resources of £627,978 against total expenditure of £596,384.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately three months unrestricted payments (held: £61k)

“It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds (if possible) which equates to approximately three months unrestricted payments in order to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Red Letter Project (Charity No. 1174618) commenced its operations on 1st January 2018 to undertake various community activities in the Great Horton district of Bradford including the operation of the village hall and the provision of a food bank.

“The Red Letter Project is a separate charity number 1174618 which has some trustees in common with the PCC. The accounts of the Red Letter Project have been consolidated on the equity basis within these financial statements in order to fully reflect all the activities undertaken by the PCC.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£628k

Total spending

£596k

Reserves (reported)

£61k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (41% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Philip Medleychair
Asumani Susho
BERNARD HUGH STERN · trustee of 3 other charities
Budhi Rai
Chinazor Anurika
Christopher Ainge
Claire Outram
GABRIELLE JOSEPHINE YOUNG MBE
JUNE DENNIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanna Taylor
Josephine Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
June Hill
Louise Bancroft
Michelle Ainge
Patricia Mgbaji
Rev ADAM DICKSON
Rev Ludia Shukai
Rosi Conn
Rosie Garcha
SIMON HENRI DENNIS · trustee of 3 other charities
Vaughan Houldsworth

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£628k	£596k
31/12/2023	£471k	£469k
31/12/2022	£418k	£385k
31/12/2021	£305k	£269k
31/12/2020	£267k	£258k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT HORTON, BRADFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £61,023 matched the trustees' policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted payments. The charity reported a surplus on unrestricted giving of £8,762 for the year, having received total incoming resources of £627,978 against total expenditure of £596,384. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION	1	£20k

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 AND ST GABRIEL, HARTING.

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 GREAT HORTON, BRADFORD	£628k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ST GABRIEL, HARTING FY2025	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST GREAT MEOLS FY2025	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ADEL FY2025	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, DORCHESTER ON THAMES FY2024	£328k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. FAITH AND ST. LAURENCE HARBORNE FY2024	£105k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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