The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chanctonbury

Registered charity 1132309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHINGTON PCC, WEST SUSSEX, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, ASHINGTON, WEST SUSSEX

Regular public worship open to all. Teaching of Christianity through sermons,courses and small groups. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. Promotion of Christianity through the staging of events and meetings and activities for all ages. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £309,031, which is significantly above the PCC's stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure (£141,000). The charity reported a net income of £34,380 for the year, driven by total income of £666,010 against charitable expenditure of £631,377. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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.

• 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
• Investment
• 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.

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: REVIVAL PROJECTS Companies House 12141683 · Financial health read from its filings

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev James di Castiglionechair
• ANTHONY DAVID JEREMY RAY
• Carolyn Deane
• Dr John Petherick Yeo
• Dr Roderick Alistair Ewen
• George Bryans
• John Harold King
• Judith Ironmonger
• Lydie Badcock
• Mark Binney · trustee of 3 other charities
• Melissa Drinkwater
• Patrick Utting
• Peter Gamon
• Rev Colin Frampton
• Rev Patrick Donovan
• Susan Vaughan

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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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 Up Holland and Dalton.

• The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Up Holland and Dalton income £263k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL'S, PICKERING income £255k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PATRICK, WALLINGTON income £351k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, CHORLEY income £125k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN & ST NICHOLAS income £138k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PORTISHEAD income £314k

Side by side with its peers

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