THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALDERSHOT SAINT MICHAEL

Registered charity 1130001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF ST. MICHAEL'S ALDERSHOT

Religious activities

Objects

The promotion of the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical, in the parish.

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

Latest income

£331k

Latest spending

£242k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 27% to £206,971, driven by a large grant and increased rental income, resulting in a net movement in funds of £52. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £43,568, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining a balance to meet six months of unrestricted payments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month's unrestricted payments (reserves figure: £44k)

“It is PCC policy, in principle, to endeavour to maintain a balance on general reserve to meet six month's unrestricted payments.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

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: 48
Government income: £3,097 — grants £3,097 (2); under 1% of the £330,562 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 27
Government income: £4,122 — grants £4,122 (5); 2% of the £206,971 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 21
Government income: £4,940 — grants £4,940 (2); 3% of the £163,412 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 12/11/2023, 12 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Francis Murphy · trustee of 1 other charity
Barbara Margaret Fletcher · trustee of 1 other charity
Clare Donovan
Clare Rebecca Stilwell
Emily Frances Aileen Murphy
IAN LeHURAY POWDITCH
Judith Patricia Anne Wyatt
Michael John Le Marie
Neil Murphy
Penny Susan Crowther Fox
Rev ALWYN ANTONIO PEREIRA · trustee of 1 other charity
Rita Christine Newell
Shantelle Lanette Murphy
Simon Charles Griffiths
URSULA GERTRUDE SUTHERLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
Valerie Ivy Renton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£331k	£242k
31/12/2024	£207k	£207k
31/12/2023	£163k	£171k
31/12/2022	£129k	£121k
31/12/2021	£111k	£143k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALDERSHOT SAINT MICHAEL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 27% to £206,971, driven by a large grant and increased rental income, resulting in a net movement in funds of £52. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £43,568, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining a balance to meet six months of unrestricted payments. Its FY2024 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	24/09/2021	£10k	The Ascension

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
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	1	£11k
ASCOT ROUND TABLE NO 929	1	£4k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	1	£1k

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 MICHAEL CORNHILL.

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 ALDERSHOT SAINT MICHAEL	£331k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL CORNHILL FY2025	£207k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CRONDALL & EWSHOT FY2025	£182k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, ALMONDSBURY FY2025	£253k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, AMERSHAM FY2025	£173k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH HOLY TRINITY, LOUGHBOROUGH FY2025	£356k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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