THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDMUND'S, SOUTHWOLD

Registered charity 1133770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The PCC operates within the boundaries of the ecclesiastical parish of St Edmund's church Southwold.The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Ministers and Members of the Sole bay Team in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral,evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £2,297,002 to £2,254,063 due to investment losses and expenditure exceeding income. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £867,918 and holds a designated emergency contingency of £50,000 within its Restoration Fund. Per the trustees' report, the church continues to operate with increased regular giving and completed building refurbishments.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daisy Williamson
• Emma Louise Taylor
• Grant Anthony Masom · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Johnson
• JOAN EDITH GOLDSMITH · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jacqueline Margaret Casement
• Jennifer Whines
• Jill Marion Horne · trustee of 2 other charities
• Laura Wade - Gery
• Marcus Harday Knight
• Matthew Simon Hunt
• NICHOLAS CHARLES EVANS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nicholas Wellesley d'arcy Mason
• Philip Geoffrey Tarris
• Timothy Jackson

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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