THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHERBORNE WITH CASTLETON

Registered charity 1130082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHERBORNE PCC

Parochial Church Council for the Parish of Sherborne with Castleton and St Paul's - Church of England

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the General Fund ran at a significant deficit of £104,926, driven by expenditure exceeding income, though this was offset by a £317,061 unrealised gain on investments. The charity holds substantial net assets of £7,691,586, primarily in endowment properties and investments, but the trustees report that cash is very tight on the General Fund due to these deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~36.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (46% 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: 5.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Martin Leechair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Bill McDermott
• Christopher Gordon Buesnel Hamon
• David James Fifield
• Deborah Carrington
• Dr David George Ferguson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr JOHN CROSSMAN
• Elizabeth Ashmead
• Henrietta Susan Paul
• Henry Wickham
• John Anthony Bradshaw
• John Nicholas Keating
• Jonathan Massey
• Katherine Pinsent · trustee of 1 other charity
• Leigh Fisher
• MR MIKE KEATINGE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neil Grenyer
• Owen Richard Hinder
• PAUL BOYD LEE
• Peter Edward Neal
• Rev James Edie
• Steve Drew
• Timothy Michael Farr

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF SHERBORNE ABBEY.

• FRIENDS OF SHERBORNE ABBEY income £143k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST KYNEBURGHA CASTOR WITH UPTON AND STIBBINGTON AND WATER NEWTON income £170k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE SHERBORNES WITH PAMBER income £131k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SOUTHBOROUGH income £170k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STANDON income £239k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, WESTON SUPER MARE income £429k

Side by side with its peers

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