THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST PAUL, WIDNES

Registered charity 1170687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S, WIDNES, St John's PCC, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, WIDNES

St John's and St Paul's are Church of England churches in Widnes, Cheshire.

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Latest income

£481k

Latest spending

£497k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource deficit of £15,362 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the £80,672 deficit in the prior year. The Treasurer's report notes that the charity relies heavily on grant funding for staffing, with most grants set to end by the end of 2025, and the preschool forecasts to break even by the end of 2025 if no additional government grant funding is received.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Preschool Income

“Preschool Income £ 239217” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of church workers’ salary costs £22,420 (held: £155k)

“It is PCC policy to endeavour to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that equates to around three months of church workers’ salary costs £22,420.” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ST JOHN AND ST PAUL, WIDNES (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income

£587k

Total spending

£280k

Reserves (reported)

£15k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Clare Elaine Mosschair
Felicity Anne Price
Gwyneth Hilary Evans
John Murdoch
Linda Ellen Hughes
Nikki Twambley
Rebecca Gamble
Sharon Kysh
Steven Gordon Shuttleworth

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

Operates in: Halton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£481k	£497k
31/12/2023	£474k	£524k
31/12/2022	£458k	£439k
31/12/2021	£587k	£280k
31/12/2020	£298k	£253k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST PAUL, WIDNES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net incoming resource deficit of £15,362 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the £80,672 deficit in the prior year. The Treasurer's report notes that the charity relies heavily on grant funding for staffing, with most grants set to end by the end of 2025, and the preschool forecasts to break even by the end of 2025 if no additional government grant funding is received. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST PAUL, WIDNES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST PAUL, WIDNES as a grant recipient include THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£4k	Religion

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/05/2000	£124k	"St John the Evangelist, Broughton"

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. LUKE FARNWORTH WIDNES.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE FARNWORTH WIDNES income £327k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, WIMBLEDON PARK income £216k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, WOKING income £103k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, LINDOW income £241k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, BEDFORD income £346k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIGAN TOWN CENTRE income £242k

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 PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST PAUL, WIDNES	£481k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE FARNWORTH WIDNES FY2024	£327k	—	0	below	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, WIMBLEDON PARK FY2024	£216k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, WOKING FY2024	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, LINDOW FY2025	£241k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, BEDFORD FY2025	£346k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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