THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WITH ALL SAINTS, BLACKPOOL

Registered charity 1163354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Beacon Church Blackpool, CCAS

Beacon Church Blackpool is a parish church in central Blackpool. For us church is more about family than just Sundays - We meet together regularly for different activities, such as stay & play, park runs, meals, small groups and fun - alongside our Sunday services The 11, and Families at Four. We are a home for restless souls and a beacon to shed forth Gods light in Blackpool and beyond.

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 ended the financial year with a surplus across both unrestricted and restricted funds, resulting in a total bank balance of just over £92,000. The unrestricted fund held over £30,000, and the trustees agreed to use some of the unrestricted surplus to increase church reserves. The filing notes that the majority of the bank balance relates to restricted funds, which are expected to be spent in the following year.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew John Lockwoodchair
• Danielle Muir
• Darren Muir
• Diana Morrison
• Erin Grace SORSBIE
• HANNAH BETHANY LOCKWOOD
• Katrina Howard-Prince
• Matthew Aaron WILSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Hayball
• SANDRA JENNIFER PATRICK
• Victoria Kelshaw

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

Operates in: Blackpool

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. THOMAS, BLACKPOOL. income £145k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BLACKPOOL ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST income £469k
• THE BEACON CHURCH CAMBERLEY income £513k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BEACONSFIELD income £608k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, (WITHOUT THE WALLS) , BLACON income £72k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BECKENHAM. income £516k

Side by side with its peers

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