THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, DORCHESTER ON THAMES

Registered charity 1133787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORCHESTER ABBEY PCC

The PCC advances religion in providing the resources to enable clergy, paid workers, volunteers and the build ing to live out its declared purpose to welcome,to engage all comers in an exploration of faith and to include all people in the way that Christ did in his ministry. The building is widely used for community purposes including fundraising events and concerts.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £15,039 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven largely by a significant legacy received in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves excluding the legacy are £121,886, which the PCC considers to be approximately eight months' expenditure, exceeding their policy target of six months. The trustees have assessed that the charity continues to be a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~57.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Elizabeth Paul
• Dr Timothy Cook
• Gail Valerie Thomas
• Jane Brooks
• Jane Mary Tudor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet Rimmer · trustee of 1 other charity
• MALCOLM LUCAS · trustee of 2 other charities
• MR NICK FORMAN
• Mary Melinda Powell
• Rev Jane Elizabeth Willis · trustee of 3 other charities
• Richard Tudor
• SANDRA GRIFFITH
• Sally Madeleine Bell
• Stephanie Forman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Michelle Lucas

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS AND ST NICHOLAS, BEDHAMPTON IN THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE income £196k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCESIASTICAL PARISH OF ASHTEAD income £1.3m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ACTON income £473k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JAMES, MILTON, PORTSMOUTH income £146k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, GRANGE PARK income £148k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, FELPHAM income £476k

Side by side with its peers

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