THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY AND ST. MICHAEL GREAT MALVERN

Registered charity 1128064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT MALVERN PRIORY

The PCC co-operates with the incumbent in promoting in the Ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church. Its aims were WORSHIP: to worship with other churches. both Anglican other denominations; WELCOME: to extend a Benedictine welcome, a holistic approach that includes hospitality and prayer; WITNESS: to use different methods and media to engage with different groups of people.

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: Malvern Hills, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's unrestricted general reserves stood at £130,523, which is at the top of its stated policy range of £110,000 to £130,000. The accounts state that the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties. Total resources for the year ended 31 December 2025 were £561,316, with unrestricted general income exceeding expenditure by £26,150 prior to investment losses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kendall Wadley LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Project Light and Space is boosted by The National Lottery Heritage Fund Development Grant” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Oldfield
• Canon Professor Lynn Nichol · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher Boulton
• Clive Maurice Hooper
• Derek Valentine · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Alistair Henderson Sawers
• Dr David Richard Peter Guy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr John Devapriam
• Dr Philippa Lowe
• HOWARD JOHN WELLS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Clements
• Helen Mary Wall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maureen Heaney-Sykes
• NICHOLAS PATRICK JACKSON
• Neil Jonathan Paulley
• Peter Renger · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca McLaverty-Head
• Rev Roger Allonby Latham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard James Weatherill
• Robert James Ian Stewart
• SEMER GEOFFREY THOMAS LA FONTAINE
• Sally Jane Rees

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDMUND THE KING, ST MARY WOOLNOTH AND ST CLEMENT EASTCHEAP income £682k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL'S, PICKERING income £255k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, WARE income £198k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BECONTREE income £98k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER BALSALL COMMON income £116k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE BLESSED VIRGIN, ADDINGTON income £131k

Side by side with its peers

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