ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCC

Registered charity 1158894 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST BARNABAS

Promotion of the whole mission of the Church of England in the Parish of St Barnabas with Christchurch.

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: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£95k
Latest spending
£104k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted general fund balance is £48,416, derived from total funds of £130,959 less restricted and designated funds. The trustees report that finances remain in good health despite lower congregation numbers, noting that the PCC plans payments to match receipts and utilizes designated reserves to cover any operating deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a sufficient amount to cover such variations in the timings of payments and receipts as are nevertheless likely to occur
“It seeks to maintain general unrestricted reserves of a sufficient amount to cover such variations in the timings of payments and receipts as are nevertheless likely to occur.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: 10

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 05/02/2024, 97 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£95k£104k
31/12/2024£101k£100k
31/12/2023£79k£85k
31/12/2022£86k£82k
31/12/2021£89k£89k

Common questions

Is ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted general fund balance is £48,416, derived from total funds of £130,959 less restricted and designated funds. The trustees report that finances remain in good health despite lower congregation numbers, noting that the PCC plans payments to match receipts and utilizes designated reserves to cover any operating deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCC?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCC as a grant recipient include CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, WINCHESTER, BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY, BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION, MANCHESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL AID.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUSTFY2025£26kGrants and Mission Giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, WINCHESTERFY2025£20kSeniors' work from dissolution of Winchester Well Being
BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITYFY2021£12kBuilding related projects and mission related projects
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2024£10k
MANCHESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH OF ENGLAND COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL AIDFY2024£10k
STRAND PARISHES TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, WINCHESTERFY2025£4kCommunity use from dissolution of Winchester Well Being
THE FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHESFY2023£4kGillingham
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S SWALLOWBECKFY2021£186Mission Giving and Donations - Home
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST GEORGE'S SWALLOWBECKFY2023£153Home Mission Giving
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023amount not stated
THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026amount not stated

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
HOPE CHURCH HARROGATE1£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 BARNABAS, WINCHESTER.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCC£95k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, WINCHESTER FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, ERDINGTON FY2025£327k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BARNABAS, SOUTHFIELDS FY2025£125k——unclear—no doubt
BARNABAS COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£539k—0unclear—no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF SAINT BARNABAS BEXHILL-ON-SEA FY2025£215k—0unclear—no doubt

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