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CHARITIES FOR ECCLESIASTICAL AND OTHER PURPOSES

Registered charity 238492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PICKERING FIELDS TRUST

The principal activity is the provision of a house (49 Newton Road, Knowle) for the use of the parish of Knowle. This house is leased to a member of the clergy at a market rent. From the rental income received, the charity insures the building and carries out repairs and improvements to the property.

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Latest income
£29k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £779,965 to £613,483 during the year, primarily due to significant donations totaling £171,000 to the Knowle Parish Church PCC. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £613,483, which the trustees deem necessary to cover anticipated medium-term projects including fabric works and housing needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: such unrestricted income reserves as the Trustees deem necessary to cover a number of anticipated medium term projects (held: £613k)
“the charity holds such unrestricted income reserves as the Trustees deem necessary to cover a number of anticipated medium term projects”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations to Knowle PCC, of which trustees are ex officio members.
“The Trust made donations in the year to the Knowle Parish Church PCC towards the cost of the Curate and for children’s work. It made a donation of £150,000 towards the costs of Knowle Parish Church’s ‘For Future Generations’ project.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£29k£175k
31/12/2024£32k£53k
31/12/2023£31k£36k
31/12/2022£24k£16k
31/12/2021£8k£14k

Common questions

Is CHARITIES FOR ECCLESIASTICAL AND OTHER PURPOSES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £779,965 to £613,483 during the year, primarily due to significant donations totaling £171,000 to the Knowle Parish Church PCC. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £613,483, which the trustees deem necessary to cover anticipated medium-term projects including fabric works and housing needs.

Who funds CHARITIES FOR ECCLESIASTICAL AND OTHER PURPOSES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHARITIES FOR ECCLESIASTICAL AND OTHER PURPOSES as a grant recipient include PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULL.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULLFY2025£150ktowards the church reordering project
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULLFY2025£15ktowards the cost of the curate
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULLFY2022£15kGrant received by PCC (Note: The prompt asks for grants MADE BY this charity. Pickering Fields Trust made a grant TO the PCC. The PCC did not make a grant to Pi
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KNOWLE, SOLIHULLFY2025£6ktowards the cost of the expanded children’s ministry team