THE FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S CHURCH POLSTEAD

Registered charity 1116464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF POLSTEAD CHURCH

Raising money in order to make grants to Polstead PCC for the conservation and maintenance of Polstead Church and its surroundings

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£108k

Latest spending

£8k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus, increasing its unrestricted reserves from £6,594 to £37,309. Cash balances at the end of the year totaled £37,309, indicating adequate resources to meet current liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Income Donations Fund Raising IR Gift Aid Other income Total”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lucinda Bartlettchair
Caroline Mansfield
MARTIN MITCHELL
William Mann

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£108k	£8k
31/10/2024	£7k	£866
31/10/2023	£7k	£14k
31/10/2022	£5k	£0
31/10/2021	£6k	£2k

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S CHURCH POLSTEAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus, increasing its unrestricted reserves from £6,594 to £37,309. Cash balances at the end of the year totaled £37,309, indicating adequate resources to meet current liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW AND ST CUTHMAN STEYNING.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW AND ST CUTHMAN STEYNING income £299k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY income £124k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY'S, OLVESTON income £122k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY EAST MOLESEY income £259k
FRIENDS OF LEDBURY PARISH CHURCH income £134k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN THAME income £338k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S CHURCH POLSTEAD	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW AND ST CUTHMAN STEYNING FY2025	£299k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY FY2025	£124k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY'S, OLVESTON FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY EAST MOLESEY FY2024	£259k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF LEDBURY PARISH CHURCH FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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