THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FROME SELWOOD

Registered charity 1133925 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Bennett Centre, Frome, FROME ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PCC, St John the Baptist Church Frome

Church of England Parish Church in Frome, Somerset.

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: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£123k

Latest spending

£122k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small overall surplus of £983.52 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a significant increase in giving. Unrestricted reserves stood at £100,231.81, which is below the stated policy baseline of £37,500 for working reserves, though the trustees note that increasing this reserve remains a priority. The charity is prepared on a going-concern basis with adequate resources to meet its commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Planned giving (39% of income)

“Planned giving increased significantly by £7,875.10 (+37%), to £28,922.10.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: half the annual Benefice Share plus four months of general running costs (reserves figure: £100k)

“It is PCC policy that a working reserve of unrestricted funds equivalent to half the annual Benefice Share plus four months of general running costs is vital to sustain sensible cash-flow management” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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
Government income: £1,500 — grants £1,500 (1); 1% of the £122,560 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 45

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 40

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

AMANDA ROSEMARY CROOK · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Michael Blair Barr-Sim
CHRISTINE SYLVIA HOLLAND
ELAINE IRENE GILBURT
Harold Edwin Chapman
Janet Elizabeth Mary Caudwell
LOIS MARY BUSHELL · trustee of 1 other charity
MR NEIL MCCORMICK · trustee of 1 other charity
PETER CONNEW
Rev Seamus Addison Hargrave · trustee of 2 other charities
Rosemary Susan McCormick
Stephen James Ralph Smith
Teresa Dale

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£123k	£122k
31/12/2024	£158k	£105k
31/12/2023	£108k	£102k
31/12/2022	£142k	£81k
31/12/2021	£86k	£82k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FROME SELWOOD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small overall surplus of £983.52 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a significant increase in giving. Unrestricted reserves stood at £100,231.81, which is below the stated policy baseline of £37,500 for working reserves, though the trustees note that increasing this reserve remains a priority. The charity is prepared on a going-concern basis with adequate resources to meet its commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2023	£10k	Provision of access-friendly external doors for community centre
UK government	25/01/2021	£605	St John the Baptist Church, Frome
UK government	25/01/2021	£2k	St John the Baptist Church, Frome
UK government	14/10/2020	£19k	CRF20 Frome St John the Baptist PCC
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/10/2016	£10k	Accessible toilets and associated flooring for the Bennett Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/10/2012	£10k	Fire stop doors & external lighting for the Bennett Community Centre

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF FROME SELWOOD	£123k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE GIFFORD FY2025	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH ST MARYS ECCLESFIELD FY2025	£97k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN CAMBERLEY FY2025	£113k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, MICKLEOVER, DERBY FY2024	£105k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE THE MARTYR, QUEEN SQUARE WITH HOLY TRINITY, HOLBORN AND ST BARTHOLOMEW FY2025	£638k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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