CHURCH CLOSE

Registered charity 502737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF SAPCOTE

The Charity has the responsibility of co-operating with the Incumbent in promoting the ecclesiastical parish of Sapcote, the whole mission of the Church of England, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical.

Objects

FOR THE REPAIRS OF SAPCOTE CHURCH

Area of benefit: SAPCOTE

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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Latest income

£45k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total financial assets decreased from £46,922 to £41,665, with the Treasurer noting that the situation where outgoings exceed incomings is 'not sustainable in the long term.' The unrestricted reserves (General Fund) stood at £34,023, while the charity explicitly states it needs to find ways to increase income to pay increasing bills.

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.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Joanna Susan Hoverchair · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID RICHARD HAZLEWOOD
Dave Harrold
Diana Harrold
Gwynne Jones
Janet Gaten
Jillian Kay Matthews
Jim Matthews
Mick Angrave · trustee of 2 other charities
PAULINE DIANE HAZLEWOOD

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£45k	£50k
31/12/2024	£43k	£50k
31/12/2023	£47k	£47k
31/12/2022	£48k	£56k
31/12/2021	£55k	£34k

Common questions

Is CHURCH CLOSE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total financial assets decreased from £46,922 to £41,665, with the Treasurer noting that the situation where outgoings exceed incomings is 'not sustainable in the long term.' The unrestricted reserves (General Fund) stood at £34,023, while the charity explicitly states it needs to find ways to increase income to pay increasing bills. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.