THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIGAN SOUTH

Registered charity 1198588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIGAN SOUTH PCC

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity broke even in 2025, with unrestricted income of £255,257 matching general fund expenditure of £252,731. The trustees report that general funds have remained relatively static due to robust cost controls amidst depleted reserves. The charity's reserves policy targets a balance of £2,000-£5,000 per church building, which is significantly lower than the total unrestricted funds held.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Anne Patricia Hancox
• Christine Wakefield
• Daniel Munro
• Helen Denise Weavers
• Janice Lowe
• Jessica Rose Buckley
• Kathleen Hobson
• Linda High
• Mansell George High
• Marilyn Joan Richardson
• PAULA GILLESPIE
• PHILIP JOHN STOTT
• Peter Preston
• Rev Christina Olive Nicholson
• Rev Dorothy Grace Gosling · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Judith Frances Shoesmith
• Rev Neil John Cook · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Samantha Louise Nicholson · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Stanley Anthony Higginson · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Stephen Andrew Beck · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Susan Yvonne Fulford · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rosalyn Noelle Unsworth
• Sandra Jones · trustee of 3 other charities
• Susan Mawdsley
• Susan Rosemary Neil

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

Operates in: St Helens · Wigan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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