COLCHESTER CHURCHES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1196920 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity receives donations from members of the public and makes donations to Churches in the Church of England Deanery of Colchester to assist with the cost of undertaking capital projects on Church buildings.

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Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains free reserves of £100,800, which it considers adequate to meet its policy target of three months' grant expenditure. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are likely to enable further grants for at least three more years, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £101k)
“The Trustees intend to maintain free reserves in liquid assets to meet a minimum of three months’ grant expenditure” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£50k£74k
31/12/2024£39k£20k
31/12/2023£14k£55k
31/12/2022£200k£10k

Common questions

Is COLCHESTER CHURCHES CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintains free reserves of £100,800, which it considers adequate to meet its policy target of three months' grant expenditure. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are likely to enable further grants for at least three more years, indicating a stable financial position with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COLCHESTER CHURCHES CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COLCHESTER CHURCHES CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, COLCHESTER.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, COLCHESTERFY2024£2kredevelopment