THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAWRENCE, BOVINGDON

Registered charity 1132570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LAWRENCE, BOVINGDON PCC

Parish Church, St Lawrence for Bovingdon in Hertfordshire. The Church has a long standing open evangelical tradition. We are seeking to encourage people to find a real personal faith in Jesus Christ and to deepen their spiritual understanding in their faith and lives.

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

Registered contact address: Dacorum, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a significant surplus of £448k in 2025, driven largely by restricted donations for the Patience Project. However, core church activities operated at a shortfall of £3.5k, which was funded from reserves. The charity holds substantial unrestricted and designated reserves, including £110k in core funds, providing resilience for ongoing operations.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev CHARLES EDWARD BURCHchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alison Clare Woodhams · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER WEST
• Catherine Dass
• Flick Crockett
• Jean Elizabeth Houston
• Matthew John Williams
• Pauline Elaine Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Myles Sheppard
• Scott Wiggins
• Wiebke Carr

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LEONARD, SUNNINGWELL IN THE DIOCESE OF OXFORD income £122k
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• PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.LAWRENCE, STRATFORD-SUB-CASTLE, WILTS income £72k
• THE PARISH OF LUDLOW SAINT LAURENCE income £429k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAWRENCE EASTCOTE income £205k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAWRENCE, TOWCESTER income £164k

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