THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ASHBURTON WITH BUCKLAND-IN-THE-MOOR AND BICKINGTON

Registered charity 1129094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST ANDREW'S PCC, ASHBURTON

REGULAR PUBLIC WORSHIP OPEN TO ALL. THE PROVISION OF SACRED SPACE FOR PERSONAL PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION. PASTORAL WORK INCLUDING THE VISITING OF SICK AND BEREAVED. PROMOTING THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH THROUGH PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, PARENTS AND TODDLERS AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS. SUPPORTING OTHER CHARITIES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS.

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: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£184k

Latest spending

£200k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £48,739 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,191,020 to £1,142,291. The trustees state that reserves may fall below the stated policy target of three months' running costs in the short term, although they are committed to increasing them to the desired level. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

“The reserves in the short term may fall below the stated aims”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

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: 35
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £3,000 — grants £3,000 (1); 1% of the £222,010 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £3,000 — grants £3,000 (1); 2% of the £170,242 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

BARBARA DUNBALL · trustee of 1 other charity
Eve Nutley
Francis Anthony Parffrey · trustee of 2 other charities
JANE SOMERVILLE ASHTON · trustee of 1 other charity
Jean Margaret Histed
Joyce Arscott · trustee of 1 other charity
PETER WARREN
Rev John Seccombe Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Phillip Parker · trustee of 4 other charities
WILLIAM HENRY AMBROSE WEST · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£184k	£200k
31/12/2024	£222k	£162k
31/12/2023	£170k	£150k
31/12/2022	£116k	£102k
31/12/2021	£117k	£119k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ASHBURTON WITH BUCKLAND-IN-THE-MOOR AND BICKINGTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £48,739 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,191,020 to £1,142,291. The trustees state that reserves may fall below the stated policy target of three months' running costs in the short term, although they are committed to increasing them to the desired level. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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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 ASHBURTON WITH BUCKLAND-IN-THE-MOOR AND BICKINGTON	£184k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUXTON FY2025	£215k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
NORTH BUCKINGHAM PARISH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025	£118k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALDINGBOURNE BARNHAM AND EASTERGATE FY2025	£163k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BARNARD CASTLE WITH WHORLTON FY2025	£121k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BIBURY WITH WINSON AND BARNSLEY FY2025	£146k	—	0	above	—	noted

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