THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE OF THE ASCENSION, CAMBRIDGE (ST. GILES WITH ST. PETER, ST. LUKE AND ST. AUGUSTINE)

Registered charity 1172822 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£446k

Latest spending

£529k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that St Luke’s Church Centre recorded a deficit in 2024, with rents lower than the previous year and outgoings increasing. The Parish of the Ascension notes that the Diocese of Ely is looking at being in a deficit of approximately £370k in 2025, largely due to rising National Insurance costs and a fall in ministry share.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“The direct cost of 1 stipendiary clergy person will be £55k in 2025. Wider costs: investing in the future e.g. curates (£12k); legal, archdeacons, safeguarding, DAC (£25k). So the full cost per clergy post is about £93k.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The direct cost of 1 stipendiary clergy person will be £55k in 2025. Wider costs: investing in the future e.g. curates (£12k); legal, archdeacons, safeguarding, DAC (£25k). So the full cost per clergy post is about £93k.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 1 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Angela Evelyn Gibbs
Dr Antony William Rix
Dr Hilary Footitt
Dr Oliver Coates
Dr PATRICIA KAY MCGUIRE
FRANCES MARY GOMERSALL KLEIN
Gillian Elizabeth Ambrose · trustee of 2 other charities
Gillian Frances Mead
Joan Margaret Jeans
MARGARET COOPER
MR. RICHARD FOOTITT
Paul Derrick GIBBS
Rev Andrew Christopher Day · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Lucinda Howard
Revd Dr Thomas Ambrose
Stella Margaret Cross

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£446k	£529k
31/12/2024	£264k	£285k
31/12/2023	£278k	£204k
31/12/2022	£259k	£312k
31/12/2021	£305k	£319k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE OF THE ASCENSION, CAMBRIDGE (ST. GILES WITH ST. PETER, ST. LUKE AND ST. AUGUSTINE) financially healthy?

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE OF THE ASCENSION, CAMBRIDGE (ST. GILES WITH ST. PETER, ST. LUKE AND ST. AUGUSTINE) earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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	15/08/2024	£217k	"Renovating St Giles' in the Centre of Cambridge"

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