THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES ARNSIDE AND STORTH VILLAGE CHURCH

Registered charity 1143293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JAMES PCC, ARNSIDE

Regular public worship open to allProvision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplationTeaching of Christianity through sermons, courses, small groups & school assembliesPastoral work, visiting the sick & bereavedPromoting Christianity mission through the staging of events, meetings, the distribution of literature for allSupporting other charities in the UK & oversea

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

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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Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£65k

Latest spending

£68k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the parish operates on a receipts and payments basis with no paid employees, relying on voluntary contributions and investment income. While energy costs remain high and investment asset values fell slightly, the PCC maintains that it is not subject to any substantial risks beyond those disclosed in the financial statements.

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 3 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 75

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 60

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN JOHN MITCHELL · trustee of 1 other charity
BARBARA HOLDSWORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
Delyth Rose Langdon · trustee of 1 other charity
Diana Lesley Jackson · trustee of 1 other charity
Edgar Colin Shepherd · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth spence hay · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Leach · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Service
Rev Hannah Caroline Wallace · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Hamer · trustee of 1 other charity
SUSAN DOREEN SWIRE
Sarah Comer · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephanie Marguerite woodburn · trustee of 1 other charity
stephanie jane grace griffith · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£65k	£68k
31/12/2024	£59k	£64k
31/12/2023	£58k	£56k
31/12/2022	£50k	£59k
31/12/2021	£66k	£60k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES ARNSIDE AND STORTH VILLAGE CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the parish operates on a receipts and payments basis with no paid employees, relying on voluntary contributions and investment income. While energy costs remain high and investment asset values fell slightly, the PCC maintains that it is not subject to any substantial risks beyond those disclosed in the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	1	£5k

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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 ST JAMES ARNSIDE AND STORTH VILLAGE CHURCH	£65k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH,SOWERBY BRIDGE FY2025	£57k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER WITH ST JAMES, BRACKLEY FY2025	£269k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, CHORLEY FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF JARROW AND SIMONSIDE FY2025	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTERTON ST ANDREW FY2025	£692k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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