THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HITCHIN, ST MARY

Registered charity 1132874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HITCHIN PCC, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HITCHIN

The PCC is responsible for promoting the mission of the Church of England throughout the town of Hitchin. It does this by working alongside the Team Rector and the other Team clergy in providing a wide range of activities and events - ecumenical, evangelical, pastoral, and social. All the churches are conscious that the communities they serve are varied in ethnicity, age, and economic wealth.

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 · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £11,506 to £220,445, while total funds carried forward stood at £1,255,342. The trustees report that accumulated reserves were insufficient for certain repairs, requiring the withdrawal of capital from an Endowment Trust, which will reduce available funds for future years. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 17/11/2022, 17 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Christopher Edward Bunce MA MPHILchair
• Alan John Childs
• Anne Elizabeth Marguerite Senechal MA · trustee of 2 other charities
• Colin Idwal Davies BSc MBCS
• Elizabeth Joan Cranfield
• Ethel Miriam Welch
• Hannah Francoise Rutledge
• Lindsay Newbery
• Lois Margaret Noble Veale
• Lorraine Stanforth
• Margery Mary Bedingfield
• Philip Turner
• Richard Julian Cave
• Robert James Robinson
• Stephen Halpin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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