THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, ST MARY THE VIRGIN

Registered charity 1127835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT BADDOW TEAM MINISTRY, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer & contemplation. Pastoral work, incl visitation of the sick & bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses & small groups. Promoting the whole mission of the Church through provision of activities for senior citizens, parents & toddlers & children. Supporting charities in the UK & overseas.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£358k

Latest spending

£380k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a deficit on general unrestricted funds of £40,290, drawing down reserves to cover costs. The trustees noted that current general reserves of £27,482 are insufficient to fund more than two years of losses, creating a going concern risk. Consequently, additional fundraising is required to ensure a break-even position in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months general running costs, including salaries (reserves figure: £27k)

“it is the policy of this Church to hold financial reserves the equivalent of three months general running costs, including salaries.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“it has been noted that the general reserves of the church will only fund two more years of losses.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: 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.

Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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: 40

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

Volunteers: 40
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 82

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Marie Cann
Anne Marie Heath
Charlotte Elizabeth Anne Clarke
Claire Rosalind Fuller
Clifford Pountney
Dr William Neil McLean · trustee of 1 other charity
ELIZABETH Kerby
Elaine Denise Fisher
Fiona Mary Scott
Georgina Jane Lawrence
Gill Ball
Jeremy Budd
ROY RICHARD BARTHOLOMEW
Rev Andrew Paul Greaves-Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Mark Dunhill
Steven Scott

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£358k	£380k
31/12/2024	£415k	£382k
31/12/2023	£341k	£360k
31/12/2022	£340k	£355k
31/12/2021	£179k	£185k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT BADDOW, ST MARY THE VIRGIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a deficit on general unrestricted funds of £40,290, drawing down reserves to cover costs. The trustees noted that current general reserves of £27,482 are insufficient to fund more than two years of losses, creating a going concern risk. Consequently, additional fundraising is required to ensure a break-even position in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£500

Charities like this

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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 GREAT BADDOW, ST MARY THE VIRGIN	£358k	—	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BIDEFORD FY2025	£196k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, BEDFONT FY2025	£106k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, PADDINGTON FY2025	£36k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HAMPTON FY2025	£278k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY AND ALL SAINTS WHALLEY FY2025	£116k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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