CHURCH ESTATE

Registered charity 252324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH IS PRIMARILY A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR THE PEOPLE OF EPWORTH AND WE TRY TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO LIVE OUT THEIR FAITH AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY: IN WORSHIP AND PRAYER; PROVISION OF PASTORAL CARE AND IN MISSIONARY AND OUTREACH WORK.

Objects

UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH AND GENERAL CHURCH PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: EPWORTH

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

Causes: Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£80k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for 2024 was £67,647, an increase from £61,327 in 2023, while total expenditure rose to £63,344 from £59,576. The Treasurer's report indicates a closing balance of £13,311 for the main fund, alongside £33,778.20 held in CCLA Management Fund shares. The document notes that the accounts were independently checked by Rod Stormes and accepted by the PCC.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Paul David Wilsonchair · trustee of 3 other charities
DAVID ROBERT COOPER
David Higginson
JAMES WILLIAM OLIVER
Pamela Higginson
Penny Birks
SUSAN STOREY · trustee of 1 other charity
Sharon Marie Usztan
Wendy Kitson

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

Operates in: North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£80k	£70k
31/12/2024	£68k	£63k
31/12/2023	£77k	£68k
31/12/2022	£65k	£61k
31/12/2021	£55k	£54k

Common questions

Is CHURCH ESTATE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for 2024 was £67,647, an increase from £61,327 in 2023, while total expenditure rose to £63,344 from £59,576. The Treasurer's report indicates a closing balance of £13,311 for the main fund, alongside £33,778.20 held in CCLA Management Fund shares. The document notes that the accounts were independently checked by Rod Stormes and accepted by the PCC. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/10/2014	£44k	"Bells and Pipes"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/12/2008	£486k	"Conserving and Sharing St Andrew's Church, Epworth."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/03/2006	£28k	"St Andrew's Church, Epworth."

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. ANDREWS CHURCH CENTRE EALING.

ST. ANDREWS CHURCH CENTRE EALING income £212k
CHURCH ESTATE income £31k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, CAVERSHAM income £146k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, LONGTON, IN THE DIOCESE OF BLACKBURN income £174k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, NOTTINGHAM income £212k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S, LEYLAND income £468k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHURCH ESTATE	£80k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH CENTRE EALING FY2025	£212k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHURCH ESTATE FY2025	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, CAVERSHAM FY2025	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, LONGTON, IN THE DIOCESE OF BLACKBURN FY2025	£174k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, NOTTINGHAM FY2025	£212k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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