WORKING FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH ST NICHOLAS CHURCH

Registered charity 243929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Administration of the Parish of St. Nicholas, Compton

Objects

UPKEEP OF THE CHURCH

Area of benefit: PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£75k
Latest spending
£84k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Parochial Church Council reported a net asset position of £642,776, with unrestricted cash deposits and investments comprising the majority of these assets. Although the general fund recorded a deficit of £9,086 for the year, this was noted as a considerable improvement over the budgeted result and the previous year's deficit. The trustees consider the overall financial position to be satisfactory.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Collections and donations (84% of income)
“The receipts included £63,049 (2023 - £60,981) from collections and donations” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£75k£84k
31/12/2023£69k£78k
31/12/2022£63k£51k
31/12/2021£68k£50k

Common questions

Is WORKING FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH ST NICHOLAS CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Parochial Church Council reported a net asset position of £642,776, with unrestricted cash deposits and investments comprising the majority of these assets. Although the general fund recorded a deficit of £9,086 for the year, this was noted as a considerable improvement over the budgeted result and the previous year's deficit. The trustees consider the overall financial position to be satisfactory. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST1£32k

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 NICHOLAS WITH ST MARY MAGDALENE, CHISWICK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WORKING FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH ST NICHOLAS CHURCH£75k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WITH ST MARY MAGDALENE, CHISWICK FY2025£222k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICOLAS GUILDFORD FY2025£262k—0unclear—no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALLINGTON, ST NICHOLAS WITH MAIDSTONE, ST PETER, MAIDSTONE FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICOLAS, NUNEATON FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITNASH FY2025£197k—0unclear—no doubt

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