THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST SWITHUN, SANDY

Registered charity 1130680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF ST SWITHUN SANDY

Place of worship and community support

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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Latest income

£97k

Latest spending

£95k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the church has limited funds and cannot afford to pay for cleaners or gardeners, relying instead on volunteers. The total unrestricted funds are reported as £39,788, while total payments for the year ended 31 December 2024 were £57,600, indicating a deficit in unrestricted resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

Abigail Davies
Anthony Lock
Colin Osborne · trustee of 1 other charity
ELIZABETH GAMMELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Graeme Edward Newman
JULIA MARY BICKERDIKE
Jane Isabella Godley
Jennifer Margaret Watson
Karen Lisa Varley
Kevin Paul Reynolds
Lynsey Anne Sheppard
Rev Jodie Natasha Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
Ruth Lock
SANDRA WATSON
Sandra Jane Stopher
Stephen Snow
TERRANCE RUGG · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£97k	£95k
31/12/2023	£102k	£92k
31/12/2022	£103k	£116k
31/12/2021	£93k	£150k
31/12/2020	£90k	£325k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST SWITHUN, SANDY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the church has limited funds and cannot afford to pay for cleaners or gardeners, relying instead on volunteers. The total unrestricted funds are reported as £39,788, while total payments for the year ended 31 December 2024 were £57,600, indicating a deficit in unrestricted resources. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.