THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLT ST KATHARINE

Registered charity 1165383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST KATHARINE'S HOLT

We are a village church that is above all a family of believers. We are friendly, welcoming and happy to reach out with a helping hand. We are trying to show everyone something of what Christ is like. In our Sunday Worship we offer a range of styles of services, modern and traditional , lively, and quiet and reflective.

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£254k

Latest spending

£196k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £254,365, with unrestricted general funds carrying forward at £10,437. The charity holds significant restricted reserves of £463,922, primarily for new buildings and alterations, resulting in total net assets of £486,272. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts' compliance with regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary income (91% of income)

“Voluntary income (Note 1) 134,089 17,196 80,391 _ 231,678 252,183” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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: 115

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

Volunteers: 88

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

Volunteers: 92

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev ANDREW ERIC EVANSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ALAN JAMES COTTLE
Alan Tyghe
CATHERINE AYERS
Caroline Elizabeth Griffin
Celia Joy Waghorn
Heather Marshall
Ian Peter Thomas Firth
Ian Richard Gibbons
JULIA ELIZABETH GRIFFITH
Jeremy Peter Bradshaw
Kenneth Stephen Marshall
MARK RICHARD MECREDY
Rachel Maureen Firth
Ruth Mecredy
Teresa Dauncey
Timothy Mason
Yvonne Bennett

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£254k	£196k
31/12/2024	£274k	£173k
31/12/2023	£159k	£150k
31/12/2022	£135k	£123k
31/12/2021	£156k	£123k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLT ST KATHARINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £254,365, with unrestricted general funds carrying forward at £10,437. The charity holds significant restricted reserves of £463,922, primarily for new buildings and alterations, resulting in total net assets of £486,272. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts' compliance with regulations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SYLVANUS LYSONS CHARITY	1	£17k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k
SHROPSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST	1	£3k
THE SHROPSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY	1	£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 MARGARET, HOLYROOD, PRESTWICH.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLT ST KATHARINE	£254k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET, HOLYROOD, PRESTWICH FY2024	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. CHRISTOPHER'S, COVENTRY FY2025	£109k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY CHOLSEY FY2025	£164k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHARINE, GLOUCESTER FY2025	£258k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY CROSS WITH ST PETER'S SHREWSBURY FY2025	£286k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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