THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST JOHN & ST ANNE, LANCASTER

Registered charity 1131372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LANCASTER PRIORY, LANCASTER PRIORY & PARISH CHURCH PCC, LANCASTER PRIORY AND PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY PCC

C of E Parish Church - Sunday & weekday services, weddings, funerals, work with the homeless, music events

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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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves held at year-end were £195,982, with free unrestricted reserves of £157,633, which is above the trustees' policy target of £107,464. However, the trustees note a projected budget deficit of £55,053 for 2024 and substantial repair costs for the north aisle arch, rendering the higher reserve level necessary for the time being.

Automated summary of the FY2023 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary with St John & St Anne, Lancaster (matched by registered charity number).

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 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 (88% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/07/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Atkinson Russellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Mills Nicholson · trustee of 2 other charities
• BARBARA ANN GARDNER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Clare Louise Ferguson Gabriel
• David Redmore
• Dr AWENA ELIZABETH CARTER
• Dr John Davis Lewis MB FRCEM
• GILLIAN MARY WITT
• HILARY PENELOPE HOPWOOD
• Jean Margaret Simpson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kimberly Nerys Robinson
• LOIS CLARE KIRTLEY
• NICK WALKER · trustee of 2 other charities
• PROFESSOR RICHARD GEOFFREY CARTER
• Rachel-Ann Powers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebekah Mulligan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Graham Mark Young · trustee of 3 other charities
• SARAH MYRTLE HUTCHINS
• Serena Mary Lailey ALM
• Simon Acomb · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tio Kagana Duffield

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).