Buckingham Parish Church

Registered charity 1128704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PETER & ST PAUL'S PCC, BUCKINGHAM, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL BUCKINGHAM

Worship God, Follow God's Way, Make God's Love Known. The PCC aslo has the responsibility for the care and maintenance of SS Peter and St Paul's Church, the toilet block on Church Hill and 5 Chandos Close (the Curate's House)

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Latest income
£531k
Latest spending
£506k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £707,105, with £187,734 classified as free (unrestricted) reserves. The trustees report that this level of free reserves is sufficient to comply with their stated policy target of maintaining three months' costs, approximately £120,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £25,070 for the year, driven by a significant increase in regular giving.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' costs (approximately £120k) (held: £188k)
“The Trustees have agreed that the reserves policy should enable the funding of the equivalent of three months’ costs (approximately £120k).” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income
£531k
Total spending
£506k
Reserves (reported)
£188k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£531k£506k
31/12/2024£443k£463k
31/12/2023£425k£449k
31/12/2022£512k£453k
31/12/2021£383k£398k

Common questions

Is Buckingham Parish Church financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £707,105, with £187,734 classified as free (unrestricted) reserves. The trustees report that this level of free reserves is sufficient to comply with their stated policy target of maintaining three months' costs, approximately £120,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £25,070 for the year, driven by a significant increase in regular giving. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MAGNIFY FOUNDATION1£55k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

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 PETER, GREAT BERKHAMSTED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Buckingham Parish Church£531k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, GREAT BERKHAMSTED FY2024£269k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHURCH LANDS FY2025£849k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SLOUGH FY2025£309k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH, WESTON, ALL SAINTS FY2024£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.AUGUSTINES, GILLINGHAM, KENT FY2025£102k—0above—no doubt

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