PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN

Registered charity 1130491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S PCC, OXFORD

To cooperate with the minister in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £57,713 for the year ended 31st December 2025, with total income of £909,223 against expenditure of £851,510. However, the trustees report that free reserves are approximately £2,000, which is significantly below the stated policy target of three months of general running costs (approximately £190,000), as most unrestricted funds are tied up in fixed assets. The trustees have agreed on a plan with a related charity to build reserves to the required level.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• REVD DR WILLIAM ROBERT STUART LAMBchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Le Cornu
• Dr Felix Charles Penrice Leach · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Gemma Louise Wilson
• ELEANOR POLLY WILLIAMS
• Eleanor Peers
• Eleanor Pritchard
• Karen Melham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Jarvis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Loveday Junyu Liu
• Michael Charles Stevens
• Mx Aym Phoenix Maidment
• Paul Charles Thompson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Alan Ramsey
• Rev Hannah Cartwright
• Rev Naomi Gardom
• Rev Sorrel Wood · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roanne Hyde
• Roger Nascimento
• Terence Cudbird

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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