THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JAMES, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON

Registered charity 1130875 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON

The role of the PCC is to confer on all matters relating to the life, ministry, worship, service, evangelism and buildings of the parish to discuss and decide on (within its statutory powers) the strategy and policy of the Church.

Objects

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRATICE, 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: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £468,262 for the year, driven largely by restricted funds for the 'Restore & Renew' project. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves are healthy but warn that the agreed budget deficit for 2026 is not sustainable long-term as it would deplete reserves within a few years.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev DANIEL ALASTAIR CLARKchair
• Amy Lorraine Currie
• David Peter Arbery
• David Wagstaff
• Dr Helen Elizabeth Rushforth
• Dr SIMON CLIFT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Tara E Watson
• Gavin Silver
• Geoffrey Cornford
• Geoffrey Stephen Payne
• Helen Louise Bathard
• Keith Ian Watson
• Marie Anne Gray
• Martin Thomas Caveney
• Nwachukwu Okoli
• Rosemary Elizabeth Brooks
• SUSAN ELIZABETH HOARE
• Tracy Jane King
• Vincent Howard Parker

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT THORLEY income £255k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, CHORLEY income £125k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES CARLISLE income £345k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' BIRKDALE income £169k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN MEADS income £267k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTHLAKE ST JAMES income £169k

Side by side with its peers

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