THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FRAMLINGHAM

Registered charity 1128206 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRAMLINGHAM PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL, ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, FRAMLINGHAM

To oversee and aid the Rector in the running of the parish and to include as many people outside the congregation in as possible in many activities

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.

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Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £373,342 at the end of the year, significantly exceeding its stated policy target of £20,000 for running costs plus £15,000 for building repairs. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £299,830, driven largely by a substantial increase in incoming resources from donors to £410,584. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~18.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN JOHN MORGAN FIET
• Alan Rabjohn
• Caroline Foster
• Catherine Johnson
• Christopher Wasmuth
• Dr MARGARET WILKINS
• EDITH MARY PECK
• Linda Shelley
• PETER CHRISTOPHER LAMB · trustee of 1 other charity
• REV MARY LAMB
• Rev Christopher Mark Davey
• Sabrina Crooks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sandra Whalley Maude BA
• TERRENCE JOHN GILDER BA
• WENDY PHELAN

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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