Community impact · honestly counted
A small parish, a small set of figures — kept on paper and read aloud each June.
We do not have an impact-measurement team. We have a paper ledger, a five-year average, and a willingness to be told when we have got it wrong. The figures below are taken from our annual returns to the Charity Commission and read out at the trustees' open meeting in the Memorial Hall.
Across the four funds · last five reporting years
Pounds distributed, year by year.
A small charity moves in waves — a quiet year is often followed by an active one. The chart below shows pounds distributed across all four funds, in £'000s, for the most recent five reporting years.
Note · 2024/25 was unusually quiet. The trustees deliberately deferred the Advent distribution and rebuilt the Sick & Aged reserve after an active 2023/24. Distributions are expected to resume to the five-year mean in 2026.
A typical recent year
Where the money went — broken down across the four funds.
Five-year averages, rounded to the nearest £10. Totals will not necessarily reconcile with single-year accounts.
Places we have reached in the parish
A short list of streets, lanes, and farms.
Not the full ledger — confidentiality is paramount — but a sense of where in the parish help has landed in recent years.
- Church Lane & the High Street, Farndon
- Plover Close & the Hollies estate
- River Lane & the Boatmoor towpath
- Sutton Green hamlet, north-east of the village
- Crewe-by-Farndon & the Wrexham Road
- Caldecott lane & the Caldecott Mill cottages
- The almshouse pair beside St Chad's
Working alongside
A small ring of named partners.
We are not a service-delivery charity. We rely on a handful of trusted neighbours and institutions who know our parish, refer households to us, and sometimes take referrals from us.
- St Chad's, Farndon — the parish church, the rectory, and the church wardens
- Farndon Parish Council — the parish clerk and parish councillors
- Citizens Advice Cheshire West — duty officer at the Chester office, on the Hoole Road
- Cheshire West & Chester Council — adult social-care colleagues
- West Cheshire Foodbank — duty manager & the volunteer team
- Chester Aid to the Homeless — the city-centre advice service, occasional cross-referrals
The mark of a small charity that has lasted three hundred years is not what it has built. It is the doorsteps it has been welcomed back to, year after year.
If you would like to help
Give to a charity where every pound stays in the parish.
No overhead, no salaries, no marketing. Three trustees, one ledger, a great deal of patience — and a great deal of need.