The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Beccles with Worlingham, North Cove & Barnby

Registered charity 1128818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MICHAEL'S AND ST LUKE'S PCC, BECCLES, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL'S AND ST LUKE'S, BECCLES

The PCC co-operates with the incumbent, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the church buildings and churchyard of St Michael's and the church buildings at St Luke's. In planning the church's activities the members of the PCC kept in mind the charity commission's guidance on public benefit.

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Latest income

£192k

Latest spending

£206k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £14,186 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £18,617, while total funds including restricted balances were £467,089. The trustees note that there is currently no formal reserves policy in place.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

CAROLINE SMITH
DOREEN PAGE
Dr BARRY DARCH
FAITH DARCH
Frances Jean Tuck
Ian Kenneth Hollingsworth
Jayne Hollingsworth
Katherine Elizabeth Cracknell
PATRICK BURKE
ROGER BENNETT
Rev PHILIP MICHAEL CUDMORE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£192k	£206k
31/12/2024	£319k	£250k
31/12/2023	£214k	£272k
31/12/2022	£263k	£139k
31/12/2021	£202k	£189k

Common questions

Is The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Beccles with Worlingham, North Cove & Barnby financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £14,186 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £18,617, while total funds including restricted balances were £467,089. The trustees note that there is currently no formal reserves policy in place. 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	22/10/2024	£20k	Purchase of a new or nearly new replacement minibus
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/12/2022	£10k	"Renovating South Porch and Priest's Door plus Upgrading Historical Information"
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/12/2020	£10k	Disabled Access at the East End of St. Michael's Church
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/10/2019	£10k	Servery and Flooring Space Improvements

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£3k
Christ Church with St Andrew the Less Cambridge	1	£2k

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 MARY'S BATTERSEA.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Beccles with Worlingham, North Cove & Barnby	£192k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S BATTERSEA FY2025	£274k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WARGRAVE WITH KNOWL HILL FY2025	£203k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT HELEN, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH FY2025	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN'S, WHEATHAMPSTEAD AND ST PETER'S, GUSTARD WOOD FY2025	£242k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NORTH ABINGDON FY2025	£1.3m	—	below	—	no doubt

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