THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SHENFIELD

Registered charity 1131547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. MARY'S, SHENFIELD PCC, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF SHENFIELD

The organisation provides public worship open to all with teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Activities include pastoral work, visiting the sick and the bereaved; support of other charities in the UK and overseas; the provision of activities for toddlers; the promotion of Christianity through the staging of events and meetings, and the distribution of literature.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £175k while total expenditure rose to £194k, resulting in a net expenditure of £19k before investment gains. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £228,766, which exceeds its stated policy target of £36,000 (three months of recurring non-discretionary expenditure).

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV CANON DARREN BARLOWchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW MAURICE BARTON
• Allen Ahurira
• Deborah Anne Catton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr PAUL SIDNEY WILLIAM BETTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• EDNA MAY GRIMBLE
• JOHN CHARLES BRIDGER · trustee of 2 other charities
• James Anderson
• Judith Mary Gupta
• LINDA WARD
• MARY GIBSON RODER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nina Constable
• PAULINE SWEETINGHAM Dr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Christopher Niall Bradbury
• Paul William Jones
• Rachel Patel · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Quelch
• Richard Walton
• Samuel Critchley
• Sarah Jane Barlow
• William David Hindley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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