THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LICHFIELD CHRIST CHURCH

Registered charity 1192859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRIST CHURCH, LICHFIELD PCC

The Charity's objectives are to minister to the religious and pastoral needs of the parish and visitors. On a day-to-day basis, the Church provides regular services and outreach activities both within the local community and beyond.

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.

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Registered contact address: Lichfield, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£113k
Latest spending
£110k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is solvent with unrestricted income of £50,768 and expenditure of £50,023, resulting in a small surplus. Free reserves stand at £115,482, which is significantly higher than the trustees' stated policy target of £20,600 (equivalent to three months of unrestricted payments).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months unrestricted payments (reserves figure: £115k)
“The PCC resolved, at its meeting on 6th September 2016, to try to maintain a balance on free reserves (net current assets) which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to £20,600” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from related parties (PCC members) totalled £4,901
“Donations from related parties (PCC members) totalled £4,901 (2024 £4,350)” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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: 9
  • Government income: £3,529 — grants £3,529 (1); 3% of the £113,017 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £2,380 — grants £2,380 (1); 2% of the £96,993 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

  • Volunteers: 8

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 16/11/2023, 16 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£113k£110k
31/12/2024£97k£93k
31/12/2023£107k£90k
31/12/2022£101k£97k
31/12/2021£75k£82k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LICHFIELD CHRIST CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is solvent with unrestricted income of £50,768 and expenditure of £50,023, resulting in a small surplus. Free reserves stand at £115,482, which is significantly higher than the trustees' stated policy target of £20,600 (equivalent to three months of unrestricted payments). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, LINDFIELD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LICHFIELD CHRIST CHURCH£113k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, LINDFIELD FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. CHAD, LICHFIELD FY2025£117k£15,2840above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LICHFIELD SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT MARY FY2024£153k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, LEICESTER FY2025£739k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HORSHAM DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER FY2025£838k—0unclear—no doubt

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