THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT THORLEY

Registered charity 1130506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THORLEY PCC

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC has maintenance responsibilities for St James the Great Church, the Church Room, the St Barnabas Centre, the Emmaus Centre and the Thorley Christian Centre for the benefit of thr local community.

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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Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£255k

Latest spending

£236k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £87,935 exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, representing approximately 4.9 months' worth of annual costs. The charity reports a surplus for the year, with total income increasing to £258,925 and net assets rising to £2,730,615. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of costs, based on an average of the unrestricted expenditure for the last three years (reserves figure: £88k)

“Our reserves target is to hold at least three months of costs, based on an average of the unrestricted expenditure for the last three years, which this year amounts to £215,000.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

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: 50

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

Volunteers: 50

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

Volunteers: 50

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Gareth Paul Traceychair · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Ian Collins
Daniel Paul Daniells-Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Mary Hoy
Emma Louise Collins
Emma Louise White
KATHARINE JANE ROPER
Louise Elizabeth Olley
Lunette Opperman
Malcolm White · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Timothy Dean
Phil Davis
Robert Andrew Ward-Booth
Sue Carr
Susan Lynne Sembhi

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£255k	£236k
31/12/2024	£259k	£244k
31/12/2023	£224k	£224k
31/12/2022	£248k	£223k
31/12/2021	£207k	£203k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT THORLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £87,935 exceed the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, representing approximately 4.9 months' worth of annual costs. The charity reports a surplus for the year, with total income increasing to £258,925 and net assets rising to £2,730,615. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JAMES, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON.

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 ST JAMES THE GREAT THORLEY	£255k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JAMES, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON FY2025	£748k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT COLWALL FY2024	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, CHORLEY FY2025	£125k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BROMLEY FY2025	£138k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS KERESLEY & COUNDON FY2025	£108k	—	above	—	no doubt

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