WIRRAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 700269 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity, in the following order of priority are:The care of elderly.To provide day care for children.To provide social care for the needs of the community.To support other charities in the UK and abroad in relieving the needs of the poor and encouraging programmes of care and education.

Objects

TO RELIEVE AGED, IMPOTENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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
£2.8m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £71,433 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a surplus of £311,380 in the prior year. The trustees note that the charity has negative free reserves of £167,578 but has cleared its main mortgage loan and is working towards building liquid reserves to cover three months of salaries and building maintenance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donation to related party Gateway Church Wirral.
“During the year, including the above the Trust donated £60,108 to the Gateway Church Wirral.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Michael Donnan & Co Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

Corporate structure

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)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £238k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Wirral Christian Centre Trust Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 11/01/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
118

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.8m£2.7m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.2m
31/03/2023£2.1m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.7m
31/03/2021£1.7m£1.6m

Common questions

Is WIRRAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £71,433 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a surplus of £311,380 in the prior year. The trustees note that the charity has negative free reserves of £167,578 but has cleared its main mortgage loan and is working towards building liquid reserves to cover three months of salaries and building maintenance. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Michael Donnan & Co Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/09/2013£235k"Wirral - Oxton Gateway Church, Birkenhead"
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2012£300kOxton Open Gateway

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WIRRAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE CHURCH WIRRAL FY2024£436k—0unclear—noted
WAVERTREE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£312k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025£763k—0unclear—no doubt
KEC CHURCH CENTRE FY2025£209k—0above—no doubt
CENTRE CHURCH FY2024£167k—0unclear—no doubt

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