THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIGAN WEST

Registered charity 1201671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIGAN WEST PCC

REGULAR PUBLIC WORSHIP OPEN TO ALL. PASTORAL WORK, INCLUDING VISITINGTHE SICK AND THE BEREAVED. TEACHING OF CHRISTIANITY THROUGH SERMONS,COURSES AND SMALL GROUPS TO ALL AGES. PROMOTING THE WHOLE MISSION OFTHE CHURCH THROUGH PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, PARENTSAND TODDLERS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEED GROUPS. SUPPORTING OTHERCHARITIES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS

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

Latest income

£265k

Latest spending

£244k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £264,506 from £369,498 in the prior year, primarily due to the completion of church reordering works which reduced grant income. Despite a significant drop in expenses to £243,500, the parish reported an excess of income over expenditure of £21,000, though it fell short of the required Parish Share payment to the Diocese.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The principal source of income continues to be giving from our congregations, supplemented by tax reclaims on Gift Aided donations, which amounted to £14,900 in 2025. The next major source of income was Parish fees for weddings and funerals, totalling £25,660.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: four months of the year’s annual expenditure (held: £86k)

“The PCC’s long-term aim is to retain within its unrestricted funds, as free reserves, a sum not greater than an amount equivalent to four months of the year’s annual expenditure.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW BOND
ANGELA MICHELE MATTHEWSON
ANN BIRCH
Angela Michele Matthewson · trustee of 1 other charity
Arthur Martin Gaskell
CLIFFORD UNSWORTH
Christopher John Barton
Gary Roy Humphry · trustee of 1 other charity
Iain Lawrence Matthewson
JEFFREY JAMES MCCANN
Joan Baines
Kathleen Moran · trustee of 1 other charity
Margaret Sharrock
Marie Bond
Rev Dorothy Grace Gosling · trustee of 4 other charities
Rev Frances Marian Humphry
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
Roger John Clarke

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£265k	£244k
31/12/2024	£369k	£703k
31/12/2023	£274k	£428k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIGAN WEST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £264,506 from £369,498 in the prior year, primarily due to the completion of church reordering works which reduced grant income. Despite a significant drop in expenses to £243,500, the parish reported an excess of income over expenditure of £21,000, though it fell short of the required Parish Share payment to the Diocese. 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 Community Fund	12/12/2024	£6k	Wellspring

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIGAN WEST	£265k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WESTON-SUPER-MARE FY2025	£185k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GORNAL AND SEDGLEY FY2024	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WARRINGTON ST ELPHIN FY2025	£120k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, CHICHESTER FY2024	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE FARNWORTH WIDNES FY2024	£327k	—	below	—	noted

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