THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN, ASHTON UPON MERSEY, IN THE DIOCESE OF CHESTER

Registered charity 1213855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARTIN'S PCC , ASHTON UPON MERSEY

St Martin's is a Church of England place of Worship in Ashton upon Mersey ,Sale,Cheshire.It provides regular services in the Church on Wednesdays and Sundays ,with Holy Communion and a host of activities in the adjoining Church Hall across each week.The Church celebrated 300 years of service in 2014Its roots in worship can be traced back to 1304 .As a result St Martin's has Grade 11 listed status.

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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Registered contact address: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year with total receipts exceeding payments, resulting in unrestricted funds of approximately £105,700 held across bank accounts. The trustees confirmed there is no uncertainty regarding the charity continuing as a going concern, citing adequate cash flow and the ability to meet obligations as they fall due. While no formal reserves policy was previously established, the trustees intend to invest residual capital to generate interest for future maintenance projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON JANET CORSER
• AUDREY BLACK
• CAROL BRADBURY
• CAROLE ANN SCOWCROFT
• CELIA ANNE BONNER
• COLIN ARTHUR SMITH
• EMMA MARGARET KEARSE
• Graham John Whittingham
• IAN JOLLEY
• JOAN LOUISE TANNER
• MICHAEL ROY WALKER
• SUSAN BLAIN
• SUSAN JONES
• SUSAN WITHENSHAW
• TREVOR HULMES ACIB , JP
• VALERIE ANNE RICHARDSON

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESTIASTICAL PARISH OF WORLE: SAINT MARTIN.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESTIASTICAL PARISH OF WORLE: SAINT MARTIN income £105k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PURLEY ON THAMES, DIOCESE OF OXFORD income £134k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHAW CUM DONNINGTON income £78k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST MATTHEW, CHELTENHAM income £555k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, STRANTON income £175k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARTINS income £127k

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