THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF S. MARGARET, HOLLINWOOD & S. CHAD, LIMESIDE

Registered charity 1134150 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF S. MARGARET'S, HOLLINWOOD

Church of England Parish with a wide mission to the people of The Parish, and wider community

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oldham, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£56k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £1,694.62 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted bank balances increasing from £25,138.76 to £26,833.38. However, the trustees note that it is likely to continue to be a struggle to maintain this financial position in the coming years due to inflation and maintenance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Planned Giving (33% of income)

“Planned Giving 16,475.00”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ normal expenditure (held: £27k)

“It is the policy of the PCC to aim to maintain a balance in unrestricted funds which represents a minimum of three months’ normal expenditure to cover emergency situations which may arise from time to time.” — page 4

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

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Total income

£678k

Total spending

£629k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Thomas Henry Davischair
Amanda Carr
BARRY DAINTY · trustee of 1 other charity
DENISE McCoy
IAN McCoy
JAMES OLIVER CARR
KIRSTY HAUGH
Marie Barton
Norman Horridge

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

Operates in: Oldham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£81k	£56k
31/12/2024	£50k	£48k
31/12/2023	£678k	£629k
31/12/2022	£553k	£467k
31/12/2021	£475k	£450k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF S. MARGARET, HOLLINWOOD & S. CHAD, LIMESIDE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £1,694.62 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted bank balances increasing from £25,138.76 to £26,833.38. However, the trustees note that it is likely to continue to be a struggle to maintain this financial position in the coming years due to inflation and maintenance costs. 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 Heritage Fund	09/06/2016	£215k	"Oldham: St Margaret of Antioch, Hollinwood"

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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 S. MARGARET, HOLLINWOOD & S. CHAD, LIMESIDE	£81k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH ST MARYS ECCLESFIELD FY2025	£97k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LAWRENCE WITH ST. PAUL, LONGRIDGE FY2024	£199k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNARESBOROUGH, GOLDSBOROUGH, NIDD AND BREARTON FY2024	£378k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£1.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE THE MARTYR, QUEEN SQUARE WITH HOLY TRINITY, HOLBORN AND ST BARTHOLOMEW FY2025	£638k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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