ST CHRISTOPHERS (GLOSSOP) LIMITED

Registered charity 527036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST CHRISTOPHER'S TRUST

The assistance of adults with special needs.

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Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £50,084 for the year due to lower occupancy levels in its care home, despite an increase in total income. Per the trustees' report, the charity's balance sheet position weakened during the year, with both net current assets and total assets decreasing compared to the prior year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' running costs (held: £428k)
“The Trustees have set a free reserves policy of maintaining free reserves to provide working capital equivalent of three months' running costs for residential care, management, and governance. At present, this amounts to £664,900.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee reimbursement of travel expenses
“During the year, two Trustees reclaimed travel expenses totalling £946 (2024: £1,121). There were no other related party transactions.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hurst Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £160k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St.Christophers(Glossop)Limited — Registered, 3 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 18/05/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.7m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£430k
Employees
89

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.6m£2.7m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.4m
31/03/2023£2.3m£2.2m
31/03/2022£2.1m£1.9m
31/03/2021£2.1m£2.0m

Common questions

Is ST CHRISTOPHERS (GLOSSOP) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £50,084 for the year due to lower occupancy levels in its care home, despite an increase in total income. Per the trustees' report, the charity's balance sheet position weakened during the year, with both net current assets and total assets decreasing compared to the prior year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hurst Accountants Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2010£8kRedcourt Peak Adventure

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST CHRISTOPHERS (GLOSSOP) LIMITED£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOMES FY2024£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt
ST CHRISTOPHER'S FELLOWSHIP FY2025£16.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE CHRISTOPHER & KIRSTY JOHNSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£125k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CHRISTOPHER, BOURNEMOUTH FY2025£264k—0above—no doubt
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT FY2024£1.2m—0below—no doubt

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