THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MELTON MOWBRAY

Registered charity 1132480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PCC OF THE TEAM PARISH OF MELTON MOWBRAY · filing overdue (register status)

As a parish we are committed to: Bringing people to a knowledge of God Providing spiritual and pastoral commitment within the Parish and the wider community Being open to all in sharing the mission of Jesus Worshipping together in the churches of our Parish

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Melton, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£368k
Latest spending
£411k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £42,519 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,918,144 to £1,875,693. The trustees note that the excess of expenditure over income was due to rising costs and payments to the Diocese, which are expected to be reduced in the following year. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £687,287 and maintains a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to hold balances on the account to meet needs between years and to deal with any unplanned demands (reserves figure: £687k)
“The reserves policy is to hold balances on the account to meet needs between years and to deal with any unplanned demands.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Parochial Church Council is a related party of St Mary’s Church Melton Mowbray Development CIO by virtue of common trustee control.
“The Parochial Church Council is a related party of St Mary’s Church Melton Mowbray Development CIO by virtue of common trustee control. St Mary’s Church Melton Mowbray Development CIO exists to advance the Christian faith by the preservation, repair, maintenance, restoration and improvement of the fabric of St Mary’s Church Melton Mowbray as a place of Christian worship.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • 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: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 30

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 19/01/2024, 80 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£368k£411k
31/12/2023£328k£351k
31/12/2022£274k£402k
31/12/2021£379k£314k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MELTON MOWBRAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £42,519 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,918,144 to £1,875,693. The trustees note that the excess of expenditure over income was due to rising costs and payments to the Diocese, which are expected to be reduced in the following year. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £687,287 and maintains a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/03/2021£21kCRF21 The DCC of St Mary's Church Melton Mowbray
UK government08/03/2021£22CRF21 The DCC of St Mary's Church Melton Mowbray
UK government11/01/2021£1kSt Mary's Parish Church, Melton Mowbray
UK government11/01/2021£4kSt Mary's Parish Church, Melton Mowbray
UK government26/10/2020£7kSt Mary the Virgin, Thorpe Arnold
UK government14/10/2020£9kCRF20 The DCC of St Mary's Church Melton Mowbray
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/09/2013£160k"St Bartholomew's Church Welby, restoration project and establishment of a Heritage Centre"

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
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO1£15k
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MELTON MOWBRAY£368k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MERTON PRIORY FY2025£312k—0unclear—no doubt
MOWBRAY COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2026£288k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY BALDERSTONE FY2025£129k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BEDDINGTON FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER DE MERTON WITH ST CUTHBERT FY2025£86k—0unclear—no doubt

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