THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, ALMONDSBURY

Registered charity 1131407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S, ALMONDSBURY

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

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: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£253k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income exceeded expenditure by £2,559 in 2025, resulting in a net increase in unrestricted reserves. The charity holds significant unrestricted funds of £256,123.78, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability without reliance on future funding.

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 3 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.

Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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: 40

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

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £50 — grants £50 (1); under 1% of the £103,469 total gross income on the same return

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Michael Richard Jenkinsonchair
ASTRID MARIE DOMINGO MOLYNEUX
Dr Alison Jean Wint · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Clare Lorna Jefferis · trustee of 1 other charity
Gillian Bostic
Hannah Fiona Roberts
James Edward Rogers
Joshua Pullan
Michael Anthony Keig
Muriel Pearson
Pamela Valerie Skelding · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Anjali Kanagaratnam · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Jennifer Cresswell
Rev Paul Anthony van Rossum
Sandra Mary Thompson
Thelma May Gibbs
Timothy John Jefferis · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£253k	£91k
31/12/2024	£85k	£84k
31/12/2023	£103k	£75k
31/12/2022	£95k	£127k
31/12/2021	£108k	£126k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, ALMONDSBURY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income exceeded expenditure by £2,559 in 2025, resulting in a net increase in unrestricted reserves. The charity holds significant unrestricted funds of £256,123.78, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability without reliance on future funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/03/2018	£65k	"Almondsbury Bells Restoration Project"

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
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k
THE LAPWORTH CHARITY	1	£3k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	1	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE'S, WEST HOLLOWAY, LONDON	1	£143

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 ALL SAINTS WITH HOLY TRINITY, LOUGHBOROUGH.

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 ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, ALMONDSBURY	£253k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH HOLY TRINITY, LOUGHBOROUGH FY2025	£356k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY'S, OLVESTON FY2025	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, GREENHITHE FY2025	£83k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, DISS FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, COULSDON FY2025	£139k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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