THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WEST CHELTENHAM TEAM MINISTRY

Registered charity 1133887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Parish of West Cheltenham Parochial Church Council, WEST CHELTENHAM TEAM MINISTRY PCC

WCP is an Anglican Parish of 3 sister churches, St Aidan & St Silas, St Barnabas and St Mark. Each church offers regular public worship open to all, pastoral work & visiting, Teaching, links with schools, provision of Christian youth activities, and promotes the mission of the church by providing activities for every section of the local community. It also supports other UK and overseas charities

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£330k

Latest spending

£437k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £107,195 for the year, primarily due to a £106,702 drawdown on restricted funds, while day-to-day running costs effectively broke even. Unrestricted reserves stood at £262,219, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Regular giving and collections (43% of income)

“Regular giving and collections - £142,736 (2023: £143,248)” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £262k; policy: not the intention of the PCC to build up large reserves in the General Fund)

“It is not the intention of the PCC to build up large reserves in the General Fund but rather to use donated monies to meet the mission of our church.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations made by PCC members

“Identifiable donations were made by PCC members in the year ended 31 December 2024 of £860 (2023 - £2,740). The amount of anonymous donations which would include further amounts have not been assessed for 2024 (nor 2023). Mike Horne, a PCC member, was reimbursed £230 for various church expenses during the year (2023 - £523). There were no amounts owing to him at the year end. Rod Paterson, a PCC, member, was reimbursed £116 for expenses during the year (2023 - £1,870). There were no amount owing to him at the year end. Janice Hamilton, a PCC, member, was reimbursed £6,818 for expenses during the year (2023 - £2,194). There were no amount owing to her at the year end. Josh Denley, a PCC, member, was reimbursed £2,884 for expenses during the year (2023 - £1,560). There were no amount owing to him at the year end. Phil Southam, a PCC member, was reimbursed £384 for expenses during the year (2023 - £30). There were no amount owing to him at the year end. Kathryn Martin, a PCC member, was reimbursed £178 for expenses during the year (2023 - £nil). There were no amount owing to him at the year end. Thomas Wynn, a PCC member, was reimbursed £79 for expenses during the year (2023 - £nil). There were no amount owing to him at the year end. Donations were made to Cheltenham YMCA, of which Mike Horne is chair, of £928 (2023 - £1,650). There were no amount owing to the organisation at the year end. An amount was received from Cheltenham YMCA, of which Mike Horne is chair, of £79,348 for the use of a property (2023 - £58,539). There were no amount owing to the organisation at the year end.” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£531k

Total spending

£485k

Reserves (reported)

£233k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

James Faragher Revchair
Bridget Roberts
Christopher Orwin-Henderson
Gordon Edward Hayes-Done
Janice Hamilton Rev
Jonathan Selby
Kathryn Martin
Niamh Spiers
Pat Bowen
Pauline Carter
Peter West
Philip Britten Southam
ROBERT GOLDSMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Martin
Susan Dove
Wendy Binks · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£330k	£437k
31/12/2023	£531k	£485k
31/12/2022	£324k	£440k
31/12/2021	£374k	£323k
31/12/2020	£292k	£313k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WEST CHELTENHAM TEAM MINISTRY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £107,195 for the year, primarily due to a £106,702 drawdown on restricted funds, while day-to-day running costs effectively broke even. Unrestricted reserves stood at £262,219, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 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
UK government	08/03/2021	£72k	CRF21 THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WEST CHELTENHAM TEAM MINISTRY

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
ERSKINE MUTON TRUST FUND	1	£12k

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 CHRIST CHURCH, CHEYLESMORE, COVENTRY.

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 WEST CHELTENHAM TEAM MINISTRY	£330k	—	below	—	no doubt
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 JOHN THE EVANGELIST NEW BOROUGH AND LEIGH, WIMBORNE FY2025	£627k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, CHELTENHAM FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTERTON ST ANDREW FY2025	£692k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, WESTBURY-ON-TRYM FY2025	£329k	—	above	—	no doubt

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