THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ACOMB YORK

Registered charity 1130667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACOMB PCC, YORK

Promoting the whole mission of the Church. The Parish Hall are available for use by the community. The church members help in local schools, visit those who have been bereaved or are ill.

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: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£189k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £125,812, which the trustees note was 'almost in line with' their policy target of maintaining six months of unrestricted payments. The charity reported a net movement in funds of -£65,538 for the year, primarily driven by a significant revaluation loss on tangible fixed assets, though cash balances and investments increased.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The balance of £58,444 on unrestricted bank and cash deposits was almost in line with this policy.”

Per its FY2025 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 136

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

Volunteers: 110

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

Volunteers: 104

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Matthew Woodcockchair
Andrew Michael Waller
CARYS ELIZABETH TEW
JENNIFER ANNE DEAMER
Jonathan Paul Deamer
Louise Jane Finch Firth
Nigel Atkinson
Philip David Bewers
Robert Dawson Swallow
Susan Oxlade
Valerie Jane Atkinson

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£189k	£157k
31/12/2024	£150k	£237k
31/12/2023	£141k	£230k
31/12/2022	£138k	£147k
31/12/2021	£130k	£126k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ACOMB YORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £125,812, which the trustees note was 'almost in line with' their policy target of maintaining six months of unrestricted payments. The charity reported a net movement in funds of -£65,538 for the year, primarily driven by a significant revaluation loss on tangible fixed assets, though cash balances and investments increased. Its FY2025 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
BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY	1	£13k

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. STEPHEN, SOUNDWELL, BRISTOL.

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 ST STEPHEN ACOMB YORK	£189k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN, SOUNDWELL, BRISTOL FY2025	£161k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JULIAN, ST ALBANS FY2025	£293k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST MARK, LEWISHAM FY2025	£85k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE SAINT MICHAEL, COVENTRY FY2025	£102k	—	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

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