THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE

Registered charity 1134826 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOOD SHEPHERD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE PCC, The Parish of the Good Shepherd, known locally as Holy Trinity Community Centre & the churches of Holy Trinity, St. Gabriel, St. James, St. Michael & St. Peter

The Church of England Parish for the town centre of Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside England

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£282k

Latest spending

£263k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £18,370 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds carried forward increased to £181,980, with unrestricted funds at £175,892 and restricted funds at £6,088. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts give a true and fair view and that no material matters required attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.” — page 43

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Dr Paul Malcolm Spenser Monkchair · trustee of 4 other charities
CATHERINE SHELDON MAAT
Carole Margaret Hulse
JEFFREY GLENNON
JUDITH ANNE HILTON · trustee of 1 other charity
Jamie Collins
John Leslie Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
MAUREEN ANNE LEIGH
Margaret Mary Dunn · trustee of 1 other charity
Mrs C Farnsworth
PHILIP SYLVAN BOWDEN
Peter Summers
Ruth Summers
SANDRA JANE KIY
Tina Anne Howarth

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

Operates in: Tameside

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£282k	£263k
31/12/2023	£255k	£266k
31/12/2022	£284k	£282k
31/12/2021	£278k	£242k
31/12/2020	£234k	£478k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £18,370 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds carried forward increased to £181,980, with unrestricted funds at £175,892 and restricted funds at £6,088. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts give a true and fair view and that no material matters required attention. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

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	16/02/2023	£308k	People Place Presence
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/03/2022	£9k	Warm and welcome
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/01/2020	£356k	?People Place Presence? (PPP)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/03/2017	£4k	"Hooley Hill ammunition explosion BLAST"
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/02/2017	£366k	People Place Presence (PPP)
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/09/2015	£6k	Church and Communities Together

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
HENRY FAWCETT FUND	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY AND CHRIST CHURCH, RICHMOND, SURREY	1	£200

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 ANDREW'S, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE income £156k
ASHTON UNDER LYNE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE income £109k
HOPE CHURCH, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD income £133k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, SHIPLEY income £291k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT AMBROSE, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE income £146k
THE CHILDCARE AND COMMUNITY CENTRES, ASHTON AND DISTRICT income £1.5m

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 GOOD SHEPHERD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE	£282k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE FY2025	£156k	—	above	—	no doubt
ASHTON UNDER LYNE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE FY2025	£109k	—	above	—	no doubt
HOPE CHURCH, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD FY2025	£133k	unclear	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, SHIPLEY FY2025	£291k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT AMBROSE, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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