THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST WOKING

Registered charity 1128277 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S PCC, WOKING

Regular public worship open to all. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas. The provision of youth clubs with a Christian ethos. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved.

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: Woking, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£398k

Latest spending

£403k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,353 for the year, an improvement on the previous year's deficit of £16,712, driven by a 6% increase in total income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at roughly £94,000, which is slightly below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (roughly £96,000).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“our policy is to maintain our regular cash reserves at three months’ expenditure, or roughly £96,000. They currently stand at roughly £94,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Employment costs and expenses for staff members who were PCC members or had close family connections to PCC members.

“PCC members during the year included the Associate Minister and a member of the Children's Ministry Team, as well as the spouses of the Parish Manager and of a second member of the Children's Ministry Team. In total, employment costs (including employer's NIC and pension contributions) and expenses for these staff members totalled £82,804.” — page 21

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
Complaints handling
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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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
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: 90

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

Volunteers: 150

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

Volunteers: 140

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£506k

Total spending

£399k

Reserves (reported)

£338k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev GLYN ANDREW LUCASchair
Alec Michael James Ashley Kurn
CHRISTINE BARBARA JONES
Charlotte Elizabeth Langdon
Darren Peter Hughes
Dr Matthew Thomas Cherukara
Dr Nigel Cundy
Helen Jane Sankey
Joanna Chamberlin
John Edmund Sweet
Karen Mary Rapley
MARY EILEEN KIRKMAN
Rev Peter Chamberlin
Richard Price
Robin Kingswell Langdon
Samantha Barwick
Stephen Thomas Horn
TONY GRAHAM
Timothy Miles Alexander Parr
William Barrie

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£398k	£403k
31/12/2024	£506k	£399k
31/12/2023	£380k	£430k
31/12/2022	£357k	£346k
31/12/2021	£375k	£344k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST WOKING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,353 for the year, an improvement on the previous year's deficit of £16,712, driven by a 6% increase in total income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at roughly £94,000, which is slightly below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (roughly £96,000). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHESTER.

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 SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST WOKING	£398k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, CHESTER FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, PINNER FY2025	£324k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WITH CHRIST CHURCH, HOXTON(DIOCESE OF LONDON) FY2025	£417k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CRAWLEY FY2025	£862k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN & ST NICHOLAS FY2025	£138k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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