THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST MARTIN, BEVERLEY
Registered charity 1132704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEVERLEY MINSTER
Beverley Minster and its associated churches provide Christian worship and mission. There is a clergy team led by the Vicar, a team of staff employed by the PCC and a large team of willing volunteers.The Minster strives to support the Diocesan Common fund generously, and gives a proportion of its congregational offering to outside causes and charities..
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £50,275 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased energy bills and urgent safety repairs. Despite this loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,393,946, which the trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of six months' forward expenditure. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, noting the charity relies on public goodwill for income but has no borrowings.
Automated summary of the FY2024 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.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2023) → no going-concern doubt (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£75k
Reported reserves equal ~3.3 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 (61% 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: 12.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Rev JONATHAN BAKERchair · trustee of 2 other charities
- Alan Todd · trustee of 1 other charity
- Andrew Hancock
- CAROL JANE EWBANK
- CATHERINE DORIS POWELL
- Christopher Chipperton
- Dawn Pollard
- Derek Robert KIRBY · trustee of 2 other charities
- ERIC JOHN DOYLE
- HUGH PETER MEYER
- Julia Mary Wicks Mrs
- KEVIN BARRIE WHEELDON
- Katherine Kay Mars
- MARIAN SNOWDEN
- MARTIN JAMES ELDRED · trustee of 1 other charity
- MICHAEL NORMAN DENT
- Mark Roger Chapman
- PAUL GERALD COLLINS · trustee of 1 other charity
- RODERICK ALEXANDER McPHEE
- Rev Charles David Edward Shefford
- Rev Eileen Susanna Wallis · trustee of 1 other charity
- Richard Andrew Wicks
- SUSAN ROBSON · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sandra Wynanda Keating
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN AND ST MARTIN, BEVERLEY financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £50,275 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased energy bills and urgent safety repairs. Despite this loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,393,946, which the trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of six months' forward expenditure. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, noting the charity relies on public goodwill for income but has no borrowings. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
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