CHURCH ESTATE

Registered charity 268878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Local spiritual support.

Objects

FOR FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PPARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BLISWORTH.

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BLISWORTH

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£35k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for 2024 was £32,443, resulting in an apparent surplus of £1,538 after expenditure of £30,905. The filing notes that direct giving by the congregation decreased compared to the previous year, while fundraising events and interest income contributed to the total. The accounts for the prior year were audited by John Dorward.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Direct giving by the congregation

“Direct giving by the congregation totalled £20,068” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by John Dorward. 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

ANGELA MARY CHEESBROUGH
FIONA MCKENZIE
JENNIFER ELIZABETH CAHILL
JON MURRAY
Rev Richard Bruce Stainer

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£31k	£35k
31/12/2024	£32k	£31k
31/12/2023	£37k	£39k
31/12/2022	£37k	£47k
31/12/2021	£36k	£37k

Common questions

Is CHURCH ESTATE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for 2024 was £32,443, resulting in an apparent surplus of £1,538 after expenditure of £30,905. The filing notes that direct giving by the congregation decreased compared to the previous year, while fundraising events and interest income contributed to the total. The accounts for the prior year were audited by John Dorward. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by John Dorward.

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	31/03/2003	£35k	"Bells of Blisworth"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH - TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION THEREWITH	1	£116k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHURCH ESTATE.

CHURCH ESTATE income £80k
ST ANNE TURTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL income £113k
PERSHORE BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S MUXTON income £118k
TRUST PROPERTY AND FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH ST COLUMBA'S CHURCH AND CONGREGATION income £1.0m
GOSPEL SUPPORT income £65k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHURCH ESTATE	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHURCH ESTATE FY2024	£80k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST ANNE TURTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2024	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PERSHORE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S MUXTON FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUST PROPERTY AND FUNDS HELD IN CONNECTION WITH ST COLUMBA'S CHURCH AND CONGREGATION FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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