Churches Together in Merseyside and Cheshire

Registered charity 519061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCHES TOGETHER IN THE MERSEYSIDE REGION, CTMC, CTMR

The encouragement and support of the working together of Christian Churches within their respective ecclesiastical boundaries

Objects

1. TO DRAW THE CHURCHES IN MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHARITY INTO A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOSPEL; 2. TO PROMOTE THE VISIBLE UNITY AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH AT EVERY LEVEL OF CHURCH LIFE AS AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT OF GOD'S PURPOSE FOR THE LOCAL AND WIDER COMMUNITY; 3. TO ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THE CHURCHES TO MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER POSSIBLE; 4. TO GIVE EXPRESSION TO THE COMMON FAITH, BAPTISM AND DEVOTION OF CHRISTIANS AS THEY SEEK TO APPLY THE "LUND PRINCIPLE"-TO DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER EXCEPT THAT WHICH IN CONSCIENCE MUST BE DONE SEPARATELY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE MERSEYSIDE AND REGION

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that overall income for the year was £56,820, with unrestricted funds showing a net receipt of £278. The charity holds total reserves of £57,810, comprising unrestricted and restricted funds, with unrestricted cash funds at £29,009. The trustees adopted a Receipts & Payments Reporting Model, estimating a cost saving of £2,000, and the independent examiner reported no material matters of concern regarding the accounts.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev PHILIP ANDREW JUMPchair · trustee of 8 other charities
• Andrew Lovelady
• Rev Geoffrey Felton · trustee of 3 other charities
• ULTAN DOMINIC RUSSELL

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

Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Warrington · Wirral

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

• CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £558k
• CHURCHES TOGETHER IN CHESHIRE income £62k
• TOGETHER MIDDLESBROUGH AND CLEVELAND income £90k
• CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ENGLAND income £473k
• CHURCH OF CHRIST, LEYTONSTONE CONGREGATION income £27k
• CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ESSEX AND EAST LONDON income £37k

Side by side with its peers

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