THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD (ST MICHAEL)

Registered charity 1130646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MICHAEL'S PCC

TO ENABLE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO WORSHIP AT ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH AND TO BECOME PART OF THE PARISH COMMUNITY.WE TRY TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO LIVE OUT THEIR FAITH AS PART OF A COMMUNITY WORSHIPPING ACCORDING TO THE RITES AND PRACTICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£338k

Latest spending

£248k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted income for the year was £333,008, with significant contributions from the Church Giving Scheme and legacies. Expenditure on Christian Ministry and other activities totaled £242,027, resulting in a net asset surplus of £90,981 and total unrestricted reserves of £96,092 alongside designated and endowment funds. The charity maintains a stated reserves policy requiring a minimum of £50,000 in cash and specific transfers to repair and maintenance funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Church Giving Scheme (28% of income)

“Total receipts on unrestricted funds were £333,008. £94,654 was from tax efficient planned givers to the Church Giving Scheme” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: The cash maintained on the PCC’s main account should be £50,000 minimum. Annual transfers should be made to the Property Repairs Fund (£10,000), Cowell House Maintenance (£1,000), and the WCC Dilapidations Fund (£2,000). An Endowment Fund of £285,000 should be maintained to provide an income to assist with the outgoings on the WCC. (reserves figure: £1.4m)

“The PCC has formulated the following policy, relating to our reserves. 1. The cash maintained on the PCC’s main account should be £50,000 minimum. 2. Annual transfers should be made to the Property Repairs Fund (£10,000), Cowell House Maintenance (£1,000), and the WCC Dilapidations Fund (£2,000). 3. An Endowment Fund of £285,000 should be maintained to provide an income to assist with the outgoings on the WCC.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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: 145
Government income: £30,406 — grants £30,406 (3); 9% of the £338,236 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 145
Government income: £31,279 — grants £31,279 (3); 13% of the £244,892 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 145
Government income: £72,441 — grants £72,441 (7); 23% of the £316,942 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bishop's Stortford (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Derwyn Gavin Williamschair
Claire Conquest · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Benjamin Adeyemi
Heather Tanner
James Hellis
Margaret Elizabeth Fox
Martin Pettitt
Michelle Durnell · trustee of 2 other charities
Nicholas Hughes
Peter Derrick Rixson
Peter Mannings
REV June Elizabeth Knight
Rosemary Thomson
Tracey Osho Williams
Valerie Ashwood

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£338k	£248k
31/12/2024	£245k	£238k
31/12/2023	£317k	£328k
31/12/2022	£306k	£506k
31/12/2021	£205k	£200k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD (ST MICHAEL) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted income for the year was £333,008, with significant contributions from the Church Giving Scheme and legacies. Expenditure on Christian Ministry and other activities totaled £242,027, resulting in a net asset surplus of £90,981 and total unrestricted reserves of £96,092 alongside designated and endowment funds. The charity maintains a stated reserves policy requiring a minimum of £50,000 in cash and specific transfers to repair and maintenance funds. Its FY2025 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 Heritage Fund	29/04/2021	£91k	"St Michael's Church Bell Restoration Project"

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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 BISHOP'S STORTFORD (ST MICHAEL)	£338k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STRATFORD ST JOHN WITH CHRIST CHURCH FY2025	£182k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, DARFIELD FY2025	£72k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEW MALDEN & COOMBE, CHRIST CHURCH & ST JOHN'S FY2025	£433k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, SALTFORD FY2025	£90k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL, WORKINGTON FY2025	£98k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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