PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY'S TODMORDEN

Registered charity 1208288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S CHURCH, TODMORDEN

St Mary's is a Church of England parish in the centre of Todmorden. As well as worship, Bible Study, funerals, weddings, baptisms and other services we run a drop in cafe on Thursdays, work with the local foodbank, host musical events, offer pastoral visiting and support and work in partnership with the wider community on environmental, social and interfaith activities.

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£84k

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were maintained at a level equivalent to three months of running costs, supported by a cash balance of £121,197 at year-end. The charity reports that the Diocese will meet the costs of the merged St Peter’s Church, providing financial stability for the combined parish.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs (held: £18k)

“St Mary’s continues to maintain reserves of three months running costs”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The future: The formal closure of St Peter’s Church building is still awaited and is contingent on work to complete the land registration. The parish was closed by scheme and merged with St Mary’s, coming into effect on 26th February 2026 as the new parish of Todmorden, with Cornholme and Walsden. The Diocese will now meet the costs of St Peter’s Church, as well as St Michael’s.”

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.

Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Shelley Revchair · trustee of 5 other charities
Anne Barker
Diana Helen Tremayne
Hilary Mary Cooper
Janet Sydney Garner
Janette Murray
Jonathan David Greenwood
Karen Elizabeth Evans
Mark Ieuan Johnston · trustee of 1 other charity
Melissa Wells
Rev John Leslie Flood
Rev Megan Barford
Ruth Dorothy Hustler
Sarah Green
Thomas David Jackson
Wendy Green

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£106k	£84k
31/12/2024	£78k	£53k

Common questions

Is PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY'S TODMORDEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were maintained at a level equivalent to three months of running costs, supported by a cash balance of £121,197 at year-end. The charity reports that the Diocese will meet the costs of the merged St Peter’s Church, providing financial stability for the combined parish. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 MARY MAGDALENE, CLITHEROE.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY'S TODMORDEN	£106k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, CLITHEROE FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S CHARLTON KINGS FY2025	£457k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN ST MARYCHURCH, TORQUAY. FY2024	£121k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HINCKLEY ST. MARY THE VIRGIN FY2025	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PURLEY ON THAMES, DIOCESE OF OXFORD FY2024	£129k	—	above	—	no doubt

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