THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE MINSTER CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HALIFAX

Registered charity 1133986 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALIFAX MINSTER

Church of England

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Latest income

£499k

Latest spending

£399k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is totally self-funding and received no subsidy from the Diocese. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £62,414 are held below the stated policy target of £100,000, which is intended to cover at least six months of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £62k)

“In pursuit of this Reserves Policy of £100,000, the PCC has a current balance of £62,414 (as last year) in its reserve fund.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Sheila Stoppard received £1,285 for her duties as verger at weddings and funerals.

“Sheila Stoppard received £1,285 (2024 - £1,390) for her duties as verger at weddings and funerals.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (21/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (21/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (21/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (21/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (21/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

The Revd Canon Hilary John Barberchair · trustee of 3 other charities
ALISON JANE MOSS
Alex Norman
Annabel Wright
Belinda Kerfoot-Roberts
Edward Alexander Smith
Emily Clark
Gary Knapton
James Michael Walker
Javier Segado Marsh
Joshela Jenifer Onanasekaran
Joshua James Mitchell
Julie Butterworth
Kathy Kershaw
Nii Crabbe
Rev David James Carpenter
Rosalind M Denton
SHEILA STOPPARD
Samuel Cresswell
Sophia Sujeev Solomon
Stephen Barker
Trish Boyd

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£499k	£399k
31/12/2024	£342k	£326k
31/12/2023	£282k	£254k
31/12/2022	£267k	£259k
31/12/2021	£336k	£395k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE MINSTER CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HALIFAX financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is totally self-funding and received no subsidy from the Diocese. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £62,414 are held below the stated policy target of £100,000, which is intended to cover at least six months of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE MINSTER CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HALIFAX?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE MINSTER CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HALIFAX as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE	FY2022	£38k	Calder Valley Community Land Trust
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE	FY2022	£3k	Let's Create Jubilee

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 MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST	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 HOLY TRINITY AND ST JUDE, HALIFAX..

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 THE MINSTER CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HALIFAX	£499k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY AND ST JUDE, HALIFAX. FY2025	£132k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HAILSHAM FY2025	£219k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH FY2024	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, HEATHERLANDS WITH THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD FY2024	£259k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH PENNINGTON (MANCHESTER DIOCESE) FY2024	£214k	—	within	—	no doubt

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