THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ST NICOLAS PRESTBURY CHELTENHAM

Registered charity 1130933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRESTBURY PCC, CHELTENHAM

promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £290,438 as of 31 December 2025, which the Treasurer describes as healthy relative to other PCCs. The parish maintained a reserves policy target of six months' operational costs, and while the 2026 Parish Share request was higher, the PCC pledged £100,000 rather than meeting the full amount. The document notes no material uncertainties regarding the continuation of activities.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Nicholas Bromfieldchair
• Andrew Wood
• Christopher Horswell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Parsons
• Dawn Davis
• Helen Mann
• Janet Waters
• John Raven
• LINDA MARIAN BIGGS
• Lorna Dymock
• Marcia Thomas
• Margaret Compton
• Mary Turner
• Stewart Wright
• Susan Challenger · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thelma Mumford

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTERTON ST GEORGE income £146k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN THAME income £338k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW income £303k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY'S, OLVESTON income £122k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.MARTIN-OF-TOUR, CHELSFIELD income £261k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS, TRENTHAM income £250k

Side by side with its peers

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