THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WOMBOURNE

Registered charity 1128061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST BENEDICT BISCOP PCC, WOMBOURNE

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. Providing a children's club with a Christian ethos. Promotion of Christianity through the staging of events/meetings

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: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£177k

Latest spending

£184k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's unrestricted funds decreased by £4,594 to £36,360, remaining above its stated policy minimum of £25,000. Total funds fell to £111,970 from £119,444 due to unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. The trustees note that 2026 will be a challenging year and require monitoring of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a minimum figure of £25,000 (reserves figure: £36k)

“Itis PCC policy to try to maintain a balance of free reserves (net current assets) which equates to a minimum figure of £25,000.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Trustees received out-of-pocket expenses (£4,072), fees for services (£100 organist, £450 verger), and mileage payments (£270 + £936).

“Nine Trustees and/or their close relatives received out of pocket expenses, including the incumbent, totalling £4,072. One Trustee received £100 for being the organist on two occasions and one Trustee received £450 for fees as Verger. The incumbent received mileage payments in the sum of £270 and £936 for eligible costs in the Vicarage.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 4(b) Trustees and Related Parties

“The total amount of donations made by Trustees and their close relatives without conditions was £21,534 which represented 21% of all voluntary giving to the PCC in the year.” — page 18

“A related party to the Rector officiated at a number of funerals/ashes interments and received £3,425 in fees/expenses of which £1,244 were outstanding from 2024.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 4(b) Trustees and Related Parties

“The total amount of donations made by Trustees and their close relatives without conditions was £21,534 which represented 21% of all voluntary giving to the PCC in the year.” — page 18

“A related party to the Rector officiated at a number of funerals/ashes interments and received £3,425 in fees/expenses of which £1,244 were outstanding from 2024.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 4(b) Trustees and Related Parties

“The total amount of donations made by Trustees and their close relatives without conditions was £21,534 which represented 21% of all voluntary giving to the PCC in the year.” — page 18

“A related party to the Rector officiated at a number of funerals/ashes interments and received £3,425 in fees/expenses of which £1,244 were outstanding from 2024.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 4(b) Trustees and Related Parties

“The total amount of donations made by Trustees and their close relatives without conditions was £21,534 which represented 21% of all voluntary giving to the PCC in the year.” — page 18

“A related party to the Rector officiated at a number of funerals/ashes interments and received £3,425 in fees/expenses of which £1,244 were outstanding from 2024.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 4(b) Trustees and Related Parties

“The total amount of donations made by Trustees and their close relatives without conditions was £21,534 which represented 21% of all voluntary giving to the PCC in the year.” — page 18

“A related party to the Rector officiated at a number of funerals/ashes interments and received £3,425 in fees/expenses of which £1,244 were outstanding from 2024.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2023) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media 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: 135
Government income: £1,830 — grants £1,830 (1); 1% of the £176,569 total gross income on the same return
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 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 135
Government income: £637 — grants £637 (1); under 1% of the £175,063 total gross income on the same return
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: 135
Government income: £3,797 — grants £3,797 (1); 2% of the £197,446 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALEXANDER JOSEPH CORNS
ANNE FREEMAN
David Samuel Townsend
Dr NIGEL CHARLES CUNNINGHAM WELCH
HAYLEY ROBERTS
HEATHER ROSALIND YEATES
Hilary Moore
Isabella Emma Jayne Mullen
JONATHAN MARK DEJONGE
Jamie Spencer Hghes
LAURA PARRY
MARTIN JAMES GARRINGTON
Rachel Mountford
SARA VANESSA BAKER
SHIRLEY WALL
Simon James Keeling · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Heather Pearce
TERESA JOAN GUEST

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£177k	£184k
31/12/2024	£175k	£159k
31/12/2023	£197k	£202k
31/12/2022	£174k	£223k
31/12/2021	£178k	£269k

Common questions

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

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity's unrestricted funds decreased by £4,594 to £36,360, remaining above its stated policy minimum of £25,000. Total funds fell to £111,970 from £119,444 due to unrestricted expenditure exceeding unrestricted income. The trustees note that 2026 will be a challenging year and require monitoring of unrestricted expenditure. 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 Community Fund	13/01/2016	£9k	Reduction of Bede Community Hall carbon footprint.
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/10/2012	£8k	Modernisation of community hall toilets and vestibule
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/12/2009	£4k	Renovation of Venerable Bede Hall Floor
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/09/2005	£5k	Refurbishment of Community Hall Kitchen

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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 WOMBOURNE	£177k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WILLINGDON FY2025	£116k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN, CAMBRIDGE FY2025	£149k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, WALTON, FELIXSTOWE FY2025	£155k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH WARMINSTER FY2025	£155k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WICKHAM BISHOPS & LITTLE BRAXTED FY2025	£81k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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