THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PADSTOW

Registered charity 1126984 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PADSTOW PCC

To care for the Parish Church of St. Petroc's Padstow and the Mission Church of St. Saviour's Trevone.To support the parish priest in the mission and ministry of the parish.To reach out into the community and witness to it.To act as a focus for raising funds for charitable causes and supporting local not-for-profit community organisations.

Objects

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Area of benefit: PADSTOW

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£125k

Latest spending

£145k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £19,724 for the year, driven by significant unbudgeted repairs including a £40,000+ roof replacement and church room damage. To cover these costs and maintain diocesan payments, the trustees utilized approximately £20,000 of reserves, noting there is currently little prospect of replacement. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £161,448, comprising a £50,000 general reserve and £111,448 in unrestricted working funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 25% of the latest past year’s annual income

“The PCC shall aim to maintain a General Reserve at the level of at least 25%, of the latest past year’s annual income.” — page 54

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“To achieve this and address all the issues listed above necessitated using c.£20K of reserves with, currently, little prospect of replacement.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 25
Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £124,933 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £104,333 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £119,824 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Barrymore Veck
Andrea Lesley Curnow
Christopher John Newman
Hugh Martin Saunders
Iola Cotterill
JANET CAROL DAWE
Janet Margaret Prescott · trustee of 1 other charity
Molly Anne Bishop
Patrick Charles Edward Atkinson · trustee of 2 other charities
Peter John Cotterill
Rosemary Ann Wyatt Howells
SUE HOLLINGSWORTH
Susan Norfolk · trustee of 1 other charity
TIM BISHOP
Tracey Tigwell

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£125k	£145k
31/12/2024	£104k	£107k
31/12/2023	£120k	£92k
31/12/2022	£89k	£84k
31/12/2021	£74k	£91k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PADSTOW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £19,724 for the year, driven by significant unbudgeted repairs including a £40,000+ roof replacement and church room damage. To cover these costs and maintain diocesan payments, the trustees utilized approximately £20,000 of reserves, noting there is currently little prospect of replacement. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £161,448, comprising a £50,000 general reserve and £111,448 in unrestricted working funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/03/2015	£208k	"St Petroc's Padstow - Repair and consolidation to tower"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ISABEL BLACKMAN FOUNDATION	1	£1k

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. PETER WESTON FAVELL.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER WESTON FAVELL income £189k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, ST MARY THE VIRGIN income £358k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH ORE income £185k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHASETOWN income £125k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRIDPORT income £370k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, FULWOOD income £97k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PADSTOW	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER WESTON FAVELL FY2025	£189k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, ST MARY THE VIRGIN FY2025	£358k	—	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH ORE FY2025	£185k	No person received remuneration in excess of £30,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHASETOWN FY2025	£125k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRIDPORT FY2025	£370k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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