THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT MARLOW WITH MARLOW BOTTOM, LITTLE MARLOW AND BISHAM

Registered charity 1130498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARLOW AREA TEAM MINISTRY PCC

Overseeing the running of the parish churches of All Saints Marlow, Saint Mary the Virgin Marlow Bottom, St John the Baptist Little Marlow and All Saints Bisham in their mission in promoting the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of The Church of England.

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Latest income

£764k

Latest spending

£699k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £71,502 for the year, reversing a deficit from the previous period. The trustees report that liquid unrestricted funds remain available to finance activities for the foreseeable future, indicating a stable financial position despite a relatively fixed cost base.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which is felt sufficient to enable the current level of activities to be continued

“The PCC has established a policy of maintaining reserves at a level which is felt sufficient to enable the current level of activities to be continued.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£764k

Total spending

£699k

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£230k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Emma Venetia Cleugh
JEFF SMITH
Nigel Glyn Lewis
PATRICIA BANFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
Peter Robert Charles Rodger
Rev Fiona Madeleine Ellingham · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Graham Hadley Lundie Watts
Rev Samuel Joseph Follett
Ross Templeton Bull · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy James Thornton Linacre

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£764k	£699k
31/12/2023	£648k	£670k
31/12/2022	£555k	£555k
31/12/2021	£542k	£477k
31/12/2020	£463k	£484k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT MARLOW WITH MARLOW BOTTOM, LITTLE MARLOW AND BISHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £71,502 for the year, reversing a deficit from the previous period. The trustees report that liquid unrestricted funds remain available to finance activities for the foreseeable future, indicating a stable financial position despite a relatively fixed cost base. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT MARLOW WITH MARLOW BOTTOM, LITTLE MARLOW AND BISHAM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT MARLOW WITH MARLOW BOTTOM, LITTLE MARLOW AND BISHAM as a grant recipient include THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARDEOLA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k

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 LAWRENCE EFFINGHAM WITH ALL SAINTS LITTLE BOOKHAM.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT MARLOW WITH MARLOW BOTTOM, LITTLE MARLOW AND BISHAM	£764k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAWRENCE EFFINGHAM WITH ALL SAINTS LITTLE BOOKHAM FY2025	£160k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, MARSTON FY2025	£400k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, ISLINGTON FY2024	£975k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, BROMLEY FY2024	£480k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS LIGHTWATER FY2024	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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