THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDGWARE

Registered charity 1131803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDGWARE PCC

We provide regular public worship open to all; sacred space for personal prayer & contemplation; pastoral visiting; teaching of Christianity through sermons and small groups; the promotion of Christianity through events, meetings & distribution of literature; activities for senior citizens, young people, parents & toddlers, plus open-to-all social events; support for other UK & overseas charities.

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Latest income
£396k
Latest spending
£327k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £40,000 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with net assets increasing to £665,000. The PCC holds free reserves of £172,000, which exceeds its stated policy target of no less than £80,000. The filing confirms that the charity is complying with its reserves policy and presents no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no less than £80,000 (held: £172k)
“The PCC aims to hold free reserves of no less than £80,000, which equates to about 3 month’s projected expenditure so that the PCC could continue to operate should income and / or expenditure vary unexpectedly.” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations by PCC members and close family
“The aggregated donations by PCC members and connected parties were £ 32,000.” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Edgware Parish (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income
£713k
Total spending
£351k
Reserves (reported)
£353k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~12.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£396k£327k
31/12/2024£380k£340k
31/12/2023£307k£325k
31/12/2022£321k£334k
31/12/2021£713k£351k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDGWARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £40,000 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with net assets increasing to £665,000. The PCC holds free reserves of £172,000, which exceeds its stated policy target of no less than £80,000. The filing confirms that the charity is complying with its reserves policy and presents no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2022£10kSEYP Stonegrove Estates Youth Project
UK government14/10/2020£23kCRF20 Edgware PCC
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/01/2012£50k"St Margaret's Edgware Tower & Bells Restoration"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ERSKINE MUTON TRUST FUND1£12k

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 WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDGWARE£396k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN FY2025£251k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, CHURT AND RUSHMOOR FY2024£128k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, KINGS LANGLEY FY2025£163k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST NEW BOROUGH AND LEIGH, WIMBORNE FY2025£627k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY'S, OVERTON, DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER FY2025£230k—0above—no doubt

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