THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL WISBECH

Registered charity 1176145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WISBECH ST PETER AND ST PAUL PCC

The charity is a church belonging to the Church of England and the building is a place of public worship

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Fenland, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£77k

Latest spending

£62k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £424,774.54 at year-end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The filing notes that the church is blessed with inherited resources and occasional legacies, though most fundraising falls upon the congregation. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 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.

Investment
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

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: 10

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: 25
Government income: £44,654 — grants £44,654 (1); 40% of the £110,680 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Paul Anthony Kitechair
ANGELA JANE SANDERS
ANGELA JANIE MANNING
Athelston Durant
Diane Smith
Graham John Leach
KEITH WILLIAM APLIN · trustee of 2 other charities
Karen Ann Kite
Kristy Moyra Leach
NEIL VIRGO
ROBERT WEST
Ronald Rippin
VALERIE PATRICIA SPRIGGS
WENDY SMITH

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£77k	£62k
31/12/2024	£94k	£94k
31/12/2023	£111k	£111k
31/12/2022	£318k	£287k
31/12/2021	£288k	£365k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL WISBECH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £424,774.54 at year-end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The filing notes that the church is blessed with inherited resources and occasional legacies, though most fundraising falls upon the congregation. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts. 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 Heritage Fund	06/12/2018	£420k	"Wisbech St Peter and St Paul: A Church for the Future"

Charities like this

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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 PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL WISBECH	£77k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETERS WITH ST MARKS HOSPITAL CHURCH FY2025	£263k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE THE MARTYR, QUEEN SQUARE WITH HOLY TRINITY, HOLBORN AND ST BARTHOLOMEW FY2025	£638k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WEMBDON FY2025	£280k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CUTHBERT NORTH WEMBLEY FY2025	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CUTHBERT'S CHURCH FY2025	£683k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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