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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WYKE

Registered charity 1153194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WE ARE ST MARY'S CHURCH. WE ARE IN WYKE BRADFORD. THE CHURCH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUPER OUTPUT AREA (OFFICE OF NATIONAL STATISTICS). WE ARE VERY COMMUNITY FOCUSED, MAKING OUR CHURCH HALL AVAILABLE TO SEVERAL ORGANISATIONS CATERING FOR ALL AGE GROUPS. WE ALSO HELP TO RUN AND SUPPORT A LOCAL FOOD BANK.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£59k
Latest spending
£59k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is operating with a General Fund deficit of £85 and very small free reserves of £2,508, relying on designated funds to cover cashflow and unexpected expenditure. The trustees report an inability to sustain spending from the General Fund, noting a significant historical shortfall in paying the Diocesan Share. Despite these pressures, the charity confirms it is continuing its activities, including worship and pastoral care, while managing long-term building maintenance challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3k)
“General Fund reserves are very small, £2,508, so we rely on the Designated Funds, £52,908, to provide a cashflow buffer. To this extent, the PCC has resolved that we do not require to have an official Reserves Policy.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“As reported last year, we are unable to sustain the level of spending required to support ongoing ministry and the maintenance of the church buildings from the General Fund reserves. In recent years this has impacted on our ability to pay our Diocesan Share*. This year we paid £34,000 (80%) of the £42,384 Share requested which brings the total shortfall for the last seven years to £60,944! We are reliant on the Mobile Mast designated fund, £45,622, to provide adequate reserves and to cover unexpected, but necessary, expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£59k£59k
31/12/2024£62k£79k
31/12/2023£57k£80k
31/12/2022£246k£80k
31/12/2021£63k£52k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WYKE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is operating with a General Fund deficit of £85 and very small free reserves of £2,508, relying on designated funds to cover cashflow and unexpected expenditure. The trustees report an inability to sustain spending from the General Fund, noting a significant historical shortfall in paying the Diocesan Share. Despite these pressures, the charity confirms it is continuing its activities, including worship and pastoral care, while managing long-term building maintenance challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2019£10kSt Mary's Community Kitchen Hall Refurbishment

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GRANTSCAPE1£80k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£2k

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 MARY, BIDEFORD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WYKE£59k——below—noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BIDEFORD FY2025£196k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY GREAT ILFORD FY2024£153k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WYKE CHRISTIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES FY2024£45k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, CHEADLE FY2025£775k—0unclear0.1%no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN ROSS-ON-WYE FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt

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