THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, SCALBY

Registered charity 1131317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LAURENCE'S, SCALBY, PCC, THE PAROCIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, SCALBY

Parish church within the Church Of England providing spiritual, pastoral and social care and facilities to the people of the parish and beyond.Supports financially mission and relief agencies locally and wider afield.

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

Latest income

£605k

Latest spending

£201k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received two exceptional legacies, resulting in a surplus of £404,612 for the year. The PCC holds unrestricted funds of £448,000, though its liquidity reserve of £21,000 is noted as sufficient for only three months of expenses. The total balance sheet worth is reported at £1,368,000, largely attributed to the legacies and unrealized investment gains.

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

“PCC 's liquidity reserve, current account balances were 21K which is sufficient to cover the expenses for 3 months.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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: 90
Government income: £3,717 — grants £3,717 (1); under 1% of the £605,396 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £3,623 — grants £3,623 (1); 3% of the £137,895 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £3,408 — grants £3,408 (1); 2% of the £168,415 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Total income

£605k

Total spending

£201k

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£421k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~25.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Michael Anthony HANDchair · trustee of 6 other charities
ANGELA HOWARD
CHRISTINE ELIZABETH GRIMMETT
Elizabeth Anne Anderson
HILARY SUSAN TRUEFITT · trustee of 3 other charities
JOHN FREEMAN
Jacqueline Elizabeth Walker
Jennifer Wray
Joan Eileen FENNELL
Jocelyn Louise Holden Merris
Linda Margaret BLYTH · trustee of 1 other charity
MARGARET PHYLLIS LISNEY
Matthew Baldwin
Reg TOWSE
Stephen Richard Binns
Valerie Aston · trustee of 2 other charities
Yvonne Anne WILSON

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£605k	£201k
31/12/2024	£138k	£217k
31/12/2023	£168k	£212k
31/12/2022	£255k	£185k
31/12/2021	£158k	£170k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, SCALBY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received two exceptional legacies, resulting in a surplus of £404,612 for the year. The PCC holds unrestricted funds of £448,000, though its liquidity reserve of £21,000 is noted as sufficient for only three months of expenses. The total balance sheet worth is reported at £1,368,000, largely attributed to the legacies and unrealized investment gains. 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
THE S M B TRUST	1	£2k

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 LAWRENCE, ABBOTS LANGLEY.

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 ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, SCALBY	£605k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAWRENCE, ABBOTS LANGLEY FY2024	£315k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, ST ALBANS FY2025	£200k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAWRENCE EFFINGHAM WITH ALL SAINTS LITTLE BOOKHAM FY2025	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, CHORLEY FY2025	£515k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LAWRENCE WITH ST. PAUL, LONGRIDGE FY2025	£199k	—	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.