THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ABINGDON-ON-THAMES

Registered charity 1129833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABINGDON PCC, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ABINGDON

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Promotion of Christianity through the staging of events and meetings, and the distribution of literature. 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: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£358k

Latest spending

£384k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Parish reported a deficit of £26k for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,275k. The Trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, noting that all three churches had sufficient liquidity averaging 6.2 months of expenditure at year-end. While unrestricted funds showed a surplus, restricted funds incurred a deficit, largely due to significant capital repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary income

“Voluntary income reduced to £274k in 2025 from £289k in 2024.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: The Parish also aims to have reserves, appropriate to each church, to cover the future demands of building maintenance. (reserves figure: £1.3m)

“The Parish also aims to have reserves, appropriate to each church, to cover the future demands of building maintenance.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mercer Lewin Ltd. 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.

Investment
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest 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: 75
Government income: £13,162 — grants £13,162 (6); 4% of the £357,824 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £3,174 — grants £3,174 (5); under 1% of the £376,173 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £5,250 — grants £5,250 (4); 1% of the £357,280 total gross income on the same return

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexandra Elizabeth Green
Alexandra Rachel Chloe Scott
Christine BROWN
David James Pope · trustee of 3 other charities
Dr Roger Bertram Cox
Hilary Mary Clare
Jennifer Ann Smith
Jennifer Elaine Fishpool
John CLARE · trustee of 1 other charity
Joyce Elizabeth Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
LINDA MAY HOBBS
Louise Heffernan
Margaret Ruth Horton · trustee of 1 other charity
Mari Eluned Hallas · trustee of 2 other charities
Patricia Ann Hudson · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Rosalind Elisabeth Rutherford · trustee of 1 other charity
Revd Dr Andrew Keith Malcolm Adam
Revd Dr Jennifer Elizabeth Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Frances Scott · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£358k	£384k
31/12/2024	£376k	£328k
31/12/2023	£357k	£398k
31/12/2022	£326k	£328k
31/12/2021	£328k	£335k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ABINGDON-ON-THAMES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Parish reported a deficit of £26k for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds of £1,275k. The Trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, noting that all three churches had sufficient liquidity averaging 6.2 months of expenditure at year-end. While unrestricted funds showed a surplus, restricted funds incurred a deficit, largely due to significant capital repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mercer Lewin Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/02/2021	£6k	Church of St Nicolas, Abingdon
UK government	01/02/2021	£19k	Church of St Nicolas, Abingdon

Charities like this

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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 ABINGDON-ON-THAMES	£358k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET, PAGHAM FY2025	£110k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALTHAM ABBEY FY2025	£309k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY UPTON (OVERCHURCH) FY2025	£539k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BECKENHAM. FY2025	£516k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH HIGHER BEBINGTON FY2025	£241k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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