ST THOMAS' LYDIATE PCC

Registered charity 1149840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

St Thomas' Church proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ by witness and example to the whole community of Lydiate and Downholland.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remain fragile, with the organization making ends meet by dipping into reserves and using fundraising income to pay routine bills. The trustees note that while they are currently solvent, they need to seriously engage in generosity and fundraising to meet running costs from the congregation rather than depleting reserves.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Susan Douglas Saltchair
• CAROL HAZEL SIBBRING
• Carly Maria Michelle Cleator
• DAVID FRANCIS WALKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• ELERI JANE JONES
• JEAN ANNE CROPPER
• Joan Angela Cook
• Joan Barbara Rainford
• Kenneth John Fleming
• Lance Owen Grundy MBE
• MRS DEBRA WALKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS VAL BLAKEMORE RN/RM
• Sandra Sugar
• WENDY FREDA KELLY

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Sefton

Income and spending

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