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.

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Latest income

£220k

Latest spending

£288k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit for the year of £68,416, resulting in total funds decreasing from £633,894 to £572,126. The trustees maintain that the charity remains a going concern and have a reserves policy targeting a minimum of £50,000 in free reserves, which is currently exceeded by unrestricted funds of £84,302.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs, including salary costs. At present this minimum is £50,000 (held: £84k)

“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 10

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)

Total income

£614k

Total spending

£227k

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£145k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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
31/12/2024	£220k	£288k
31/12/2023	£203k	£289k
31/12/2022	£202k	£271k
31/12/2021	£169k	£285k
31/12/2020	£614k	£227k

Common questions

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

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit for the year of £68,416, resulting in total funds decreasing from £633,894 to £572,126. The trustees maintain that the charity remains a going concern and have a reserves policy targeting a minimum of £50,000 in free reserves, which is currently exceeded by unrestricted funds of £84,302. Its FY2024 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"