THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIGWELL AND CHIGWELL ROW

Registered charity 1133035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHIGWELL AND CHIGWELL ROW PCC

The charity provides buildings for regular public worship open to everyone. Members of the charity are engaged in visiting the sick and bereaved. The whole mission of the Christian church is promoted through the provision of activities for senior citizens, local young people, parents and toddlers and other special needs groups and through the support of 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

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

Latest income
£458k
Latest spending
£424k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £34,257 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £75,734. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, noting that unrestricted funds are below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity continues to meet all financial obligations, including paying the full Parish Share to the Diocese.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (43% of income)
“Total income from Donations and Legacies was £40k more than in 2024.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“It is the PCC’s policy for each DCC to maintain, where possible, a balance of available general unrestricted funds in cash and bank accounts, equivalent to three months’ (25%) of annual unrestricted and undesignated payments in order to cover emergency situations which may arise from time to time. Again, this has not been achieved at 31 December 2025.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“The Trustees are all regular worshipers within the Parish and as such make regular gifts towards the running of the Church. In 2025 these amounted to £65,625.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 50
  • 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: 50
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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 31/12/2022 (received 05/01/2024, 66 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£458k£424k
31/12/2024£393k£435k
31/12/2023£397k£375k
31/12/2022£414k£425k
31/12/2021£386k£466k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHIGWELL AND CHIGWELL ROW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £34,257 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £75,734. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, noting that unrestricted funds are below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity continues to meet all financial obligations, including paying the full Parish Share to the Diocese. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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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 CHIGWELL AND CHIGWELL ROW£458k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RAYLEIGH FY2025£350k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, CHEADLE HULME FY2025£123k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDGWARE FY2025£396k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, CHICHESTER FY2025£76k—0above—no doubt

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