THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID'S HARROGATE

Registered charity 1131729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST WILFRID'S PCC HARROGATE

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY, TOGETHER WITH THE TEAM RECTOR, TO PROMOTE IN THE PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH: PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL.

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£251k

Latest spending

£282k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £31,388 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of £528,861. The trustees state that the charity continues to be a going concern and that free reserves of £80,045 are held, which is above the stated policy minimum of £50,000 (three months' running costs). The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ running costs, including salary costs (reserves figure: £80k)

“It is PCC policy to hold in reserve a continuing minimum of “free reserves” of three months’ running costs, including salary costs. At present, this minimum is £50,000.” — page 12

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
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

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: 65
Government income: £850 — contracts £350 (1), grants £500 (1); under 1% of the £250,722 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £3,557 — contracts £700 (1), grants £2,857 (4); 2% of the £219,572 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 70
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £202,872 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Gary Richard Waddington BTh MA SSCchair · trustee of 2 other charities
BARBARA ANN FRYER
DANIEL MEARS BSc
DANIEL STEPHEN WHITBY BA FCA
ELIZABETH GREAVES B.Ed · trustee of 1 other charity
JANET THOMAS BA PGCE
JONATHAN PETER WILSON MA PhD · trustee of 1 other charity
Lindsay Diana Rosemary Enright BA
MARTIN WILSON HELM BSc CPFA
MICHAEL PETER LATHAM LAYCOCK LLB FCA
PAMELA ANNE GRANT · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Anthony Eustace
Robert Nicholas Duncan Beaton MSc
SAMANTHA JANE PROSSER-HIGDON BA · trustee of 1 other charity
STUART JAMES LINDSAY CERT CII
Sarah Wheldon Webber BA
Shirley Louise Simpson
Sir Richard John Mantle OBE DL · trustee of 4 other charities
THE REVD DAVID JUSTIN POVALL LLB

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	£251k	£282k
31/12/2024	£220k	£288k
31/12/2023	£203k	£289k
31/12/2022	£202k	£271k
31/12/2021	£169k	£285k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID'S HARROGATE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £31,388 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total net assets of £528,861. The trustees state that the charity continues to be a going concern and that free reserves of £80,045 are held, which is above the stated policy minimum of £50,000 (three months' running costs). The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable requirements. 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	04/06/2014	£146k	"The St Wilfrid's Heritage Development 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
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£2k

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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 WILFRID'S HARROGATE	£251k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WARFIELD FY2025	£314k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, HARVINGTON FY2025	£55k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, CHICHESTER FY2025	£76k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CLEMENT, SANDWICH FY2025	£193k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT LAWRENCE, BIDBOROUGH AND SAINT PETER, SOUTHBOROUGH FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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