Baxenden St John and Accrington St Paul Parochial Church Council

Registered charity 1137246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN CHURCH BAXENDEN (PCC), ST. JOHN'S PCC, BAXENDEN, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, BAXENDEN

We are committed to enabling the community of Baxenden, Accrington to worship at our church. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.We try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through: worship, prayer, learning about the gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £133,521 with total expenditure of £116,985, resulting in a surplus. The PCC maintains unrestricted funds of £89,062, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of at least £15,000, although the Treasurer notes that these reserves are intended to be spent on major building projects.

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.

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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Jonathan Crowe
• Antony Hindle
• Austin Cook
• Dr Patricia Ann Wilkinson
• Elizabeth Ann Hindle
• Heather Pitman
• Jill Lamont
• Kathleen Jones
• Marion Yvonne Wilkinson
• Maureen Birtwistle
• Pamela Stewart
• Patricia Georgina Carus
• Reece Hudson
• Rev Christopher Jordan Bentliff
• Roger James Longworth
• Siobhan Nadya Entwistle
• Terrence Eric Jones

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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