SEVEN TOWERS JOINT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1205403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEVEN TOWERS BENEFICE

We are the Joint PCC for 5 CofE parishes in Gloucestershire

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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Latest income
£181k
Latest spending
£185k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £7,472 for the year, with total income of £230,343 and total outgoing of £237,815. Free/unrestricted reserves (General Fund) stood at £94,408, which the trustees note is outside their stated policy guideline of 3-6 months' expenditure but expected to fall back into range during 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of general fund payments (held: £94k)
“It is JC policy to maintain a balance on general funds (if possible), which equates to between 3 and 6 months’ general fund payments” — page 2
Per its FY2024 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.

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£181k£185k
31/12/2024£230k£238k

Common questions

Is SEVEN TOWERS JOINT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £7,472 for the year, with total income of £230,343 and total outgoing of £237,815. Free/unrestricted reserves (General Fund) stood at £94,408, which the trustees note is outside their stated policy guideline of 3-6 months' expenditure but expected to fall back into range during 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/05/2025£11k"St Mary & Corpus Christi Re-roofing Project"

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
THE DIXIE ROSE FINDLAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k

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 ST. PETROC'S SOUTH BRENT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEVEN TOWERS JOINT COUNCIL£181k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETROC'S SOUTH BRENT FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS' STAPLEHURST FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JOINT CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE OF HOLY TRINITY MALVERN AND WEST MALVERN FY2025£157k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STRATFORD ST JOHN WITH CHRIST CHURCH FY2025£182k—0below—no doubt
The Parochial Church Council of the United Parish of Chinnor, Sydenham, Aston Rowant and Crowell FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt

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