THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT CHESHAM

Registered charity 1129438 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT CHESHAM PCC

We operate as a team of seven Church of England churches within the HP5 location.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £103k for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to unfavourable investment performance. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £998k represent fourteen months of expenditure, which is above the stated policy target of six months, though a deficit budget for 2026 means the charity will rely on these reserves to pay bills.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Canon Edward Bowes-Smithchair
• Andrew Robert Patterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Canon Julie Patricia Dziegiel · trustee of 6 other charities
• Christopher Embleton-Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR TIM YATES · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Green · trustee of 1 other charity
• Devaneson Robert
• Dr Matthew White
• GEOFFREY ALAN HOUSTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• GRAHAM GEORGE GREEN
• Gareth Williams
• HILARY JOAN POVEY
• Henry Devereux
• Ian Hamilton
• Jacqueline Rose
• James Turner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Josh Tate
• LISBETH CAMERON
• Louise Biller
• Lynelle Bishop
• MARGARET ANN GINGELL
• MARTIN PAXTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malcolm Philip Bonner
• Martin Kaley
• Pam Kaley
• Peter Hamilton
• Prof Hazel Rymer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ray Plimsaul
• Rev Charmaine Muir
• Rev Darren Dalton
• Rev Ed Down
• Rev Edward Lees-Millais · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Jeremy Michael Moodey · trustee of 4 other charities
• Rev Rob Perkins
• Richard Wallace FCA
• Ruth Brown
• SIMON TIMOTHY EVANS FCA DCHA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sian Lilley
• Simon Brown

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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