THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL STANWIX WITH ST MARK'S BELAH

Registered charity 1159961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STANWIC PCC

The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and the regular conduct of public worship through a programme of services. The nurture of the Christian faith in individuals and the development of community within the church and in the wider parish

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: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£189k

Latest spending

£139k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net incoming resource of £49,417 for the year, driven by a significant increase in total income to £188,809. However, the trustees note that unrestricted general funds are insufficient to cover running costs and the parish offer, leading to a depletion of reserves to the minimum level required for monthly cashflow commitments. The charity remains a going concern, but the financial situation is being closely monitored with plans to address mission and building upkeep financing in 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income)

“Total income 109,760 79,049 188.809 138,718” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two months of general funds expenditure (reserves figure: £33k)

“The trustees seek to maintain general reserves approximately equal to two months of general funds expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The PCC act as the sole trustee for the Miles Macinnes Trust. As at 31 December 2025 the trust held funds totalling £122,337 (2024 - £130,802) “for the benefit of the inhabitants of Stanwix”. During the year the Trust transferred a total of £4,000 (2024 - £7,265) to the PCC which was used towards Parish Centre running costs.

“During the year the Trust transferred a total of £4,000 (2024 - £7,265) to the PCC which was used towards Parish Centre running costs.”

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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: 30
Government income: £8,993 — grants £8,993 (2); 5% of the £188,809 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 30

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

Volunteers: 50

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Alastair Robert Hugh Cook · trustee of 2 other charities
Amanda Quinn
Clare Janet Busk
DAVID WILLIAM HOWE · trustee of 1 other charity
Daphne Libby
ELAINE FARNWORTH
ELIZABETH COOK
Elizabeth Ann Simpson
Ellis Thomas Amos · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN FURNESS
Judith Simpson
KATHLEEN HOWE
KEVIN ROSS BORLASE
Laura Alice Simpson
Mark Paul Arnold
PATRICIA ANN COWEN
Robert Adam Gordon Cox
Ruth Ellen Keiller

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£189k	£139k
31/12/2024	£139k	£166k
31/12/2023	£128k	£146k
31/12/2022	£122k	£120k
31/12/2021	£109k	£120k

Common questions

Is THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL STANWIX WITH ST MARK'S BELAH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net incoming resource of £49,417 for the year, driven by a significant increase in total income to £188,809. However, the trustees note that unrestricted general funds are insufficient to cover running costs and the parish offer, leading to a depletion of reserves to the minimum level required for monthly cashflow commitments. The charity remains a going concern, but the financial situation is being closely monitored with plans to address mission and building upkeep financing in 2026. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/09/2025	£20k	St Michaels Stanwix Nehemiah Project

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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 ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL STANWIX WITH ST MARK'S BELAH	£189k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL, WORKINGTON FY2025	£98k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARK, TOLLINGTON PARK FY2025	£229k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ST NICOLAS SPALDING FY2025	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALLASEY ST NICHOLAS WITH ALL SAINTS FY2025	£85k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S ELY FY2025	£462k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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