Bowdon Parish

Registered charity 1133830 · since 2010bowdonchurch.org·Trafford·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. Don't spend time on an approach; the similar funders below support the same kind of work.

Key takeaways

Bowdon Parish takes applications by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation should not send a cold application.
It has set aside £2,500 for charitable giving, with £500 for each chosen partner charity and a further £500 held for emergency appeals, so a request near £500 matches what it has allocated.
Its giving rests on relationships: it seeks partner charities it can support through prayer, financial help and practical involvement, and it reviews those partnerships annually.
Its stated support covers work with people experiencing homelessness, young people, care leavers, overseas environmental and education projects, Christian aid, children's charities, a food bank and refugee aid, so those areas are the clearest guide to fit, though no geographic focus is stated.

Overview

Bowdon Parish is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1133830).

Bowdon Parish is a charity whose PCC aims to promote the whole mission of the Church in the ecclesiastical parish and to enable as many people as possible to worship and become part of the parish community. It has set aside £2,500 for charitable giving, with £500 for each of its chosen partner charities and a further £500 held as a contingency fund for emergency appeals. It has chosen to partner more intentionally with 4 charities over the coming years.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The PCC describes charitable giving through chosen charity partners, alongside support for other organisations. It seeks relationships with partner charities, offering prayer, financial support and practical involvement and reviewing partnerships annually. The partners it names work with people experiencing homelessness, young people in local secondary schools, care leavers, and communities in Africa through environmental restoration and sustainable livelihoods. Its stated range of support includes Christian aid, children's charities, a food bank and a community organisation; the annual report also records refugee aid, a hospice and education for children overseas.

How to apply

The charity states that it takes applications by invitation only.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It wants partner charities to become part of the church family through prayer, financial support and practical involvement, building relationships with them.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Trafford

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£307,816	£246,480	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£321,823	£317,997	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£314,000	£364,000	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£306,961	£363,290	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£324,119	£376,158	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.