PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. LUKE & ST. JOHN, CHELTENHAM

Registered charity 1184357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. LUKE'S PCC, CHELTENHAM

The PCC is primarily focused on the advancement of religion, which is recognised as acharitable purpose having public benefit. All regular public worship is provided free of chargeand open to all.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£173k
Latest spending
£134k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased by £20,133 to £216,354, reflecting a surplus in operating profit despite a 20% increase in running costs. The PCC Treasurer notes that while income was slightly lower than the prior year due to the absence of a large legacy, congregational giving remains stable and funds are being reserved for future major repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: FireTruck
“Total expenditure was £80,534. This included a £15K loss on the FireTruck subsidiary.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£173k£134k
31/12/2024£119k£119k
31/12/2023£160k£148k
31/12/2022£126k£135k
31/12/2021£128k£128k

Common questions

Is PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. LUKE & ST. JOHN, CHELTENHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased by £20,133 to £216,354, reflecting a surplus in operating profit despite a 20% increase in running costs. The PCC Treasurer notes that while income was slightly lower than the prior year due to the absence of a large legacy, congregational giving remains stable and funds are being reserved for future major repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government11/12/2020£943Church of St Luke, Cheltenham
UK government11/12/2020£3kChurch of St Luke, Cheltenham

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£3k

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 CHRIST CHURCH, KENSINGTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. LUKE & ST. JOHN, CHELTENHAM£173k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, KENSINGTON FY2025£771k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE AND CHRIST CHURCH, CHELSEA FY2025£931k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN'S, WHEATHAMPSTEAD AND ST PETER'S, GUSTARD WOOD FY2025£242k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BROMLEY FY2025£138k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NORTH ABINGDON FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt

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