THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BALDOCK

Registered charity 1133060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BALDOCK PCC

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£117k
Latest spending
£134k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £43,703 exceed the stated policy target of £20,980, covering six months of critical expenditure. The charity reports a net decrease in funds of £17,174 for the year, driven by increased mission costs and vandalism repairs, but maintains sufficient liquidity to settle all liabilities within the first quarter of 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,980 (held: £44k)
“Reserve funds required to meet the above amount to £20,980.” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£117k£134k
31/12/2023£122k£131k
31/12/2022£390k£371k
31/12/2021£125k£110k
31/12/2020£127k£130k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BALDOCK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £43,703 exceed the stated policy target of £20,980, covering six months of critical expenditure. The charity reports a net decrease in funds of £17,174 for the year, driven by increased mission costs and vandalism repairs, but maintains sufficient liquidity to settle all liabilities within the first quarter of 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/11/2014£223k"St Mary the Virgin Baldock urgent roof repairs and re-ordering"

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
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£25k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY, STOKE BY NAYLAND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BALDOCK£117k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY, STOKE BY NAYLAND FY2025£219k—0unclear4.7%noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN BURWELL WITH ST ETHELDREDA AND THE HOLY TRINITY REACH FY2024£137k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHALK FY2024£136k—0above—noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, CRINGLEFORD FY2025£110k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, BEDFORD PARK, LONDON FY2025£668k—0unclear—no doubt

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