THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, HESWALL

Registered charity 1135105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HESWALL PCC

The charity exists to provide public worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England as well as pastoral care and social and religious activities for residents of the ecclesiastical Parish of Heswall. It also seeks to promote the aims of the Church of England (spiritual, social, pastoral and evangelistic) in the community of Heswall and in the wider world.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £240,415, of which £168,772 was free reserves, against a policy target of four months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (approximately £112,000). The trustees report that the charity has restored its target level of reserves and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV MARTIN STAFFORD JOHN CANNAMchair
• David Robert Wetherell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Christine Elizabeth Wetherell
• Helen Claire Abbott Page
• James NORMAN Waddell
• Janice Patricia Bell
• Margaret Eleanor Archer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Barritt
• Michael Donnan · trustee of 3 other charities
• NICHOLAS HUGH ELLIS
• Roy Edward
• Samuel John Leinster
• Sheena Linda Hennell
• Simon Davies Draper
• Stephen David Blair
• Stephen Leslie Bell

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HORSELL.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HORSELL income £174k
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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, KINGSTON HILL income £458k
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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, LETCHWORTH,HERTS (TRADING AS ST PAUL'S LETCHWORTH) income £369k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, HESSLE income £303k

Side by side with its peers

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