THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.JOHN AND ST.MARY DEVIZES

Registered charity 1133990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST.JOHN'S AND ST.MARY'S PCC

This is the Parich Church Council of a large urban parish in a country town. It acts to try to provide for the religious and community needs of those who seek its care and support.

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: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £47,944 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £222,732. The trustees' report notes that the year was challenging due to a vacancy in the incumbency and severe financial problems within the diocese, but worship and activities were maintained. The charity holds unrestricted general funds of £68,974 and designated funds of £16,554, with a stated policy to maintain reserves equating to at least three months' unrestricted payments.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CATHERINE AMELIA BROWN
• DAVID ARTHUR EVANS
• Dr Joe Scarffe
• JANE MARGARET SCORER
• JUDITH ANNE BRIDGER
• MICHAEL MCCLELLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Houghton · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT DUNDAS REID SIMPSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rachel Elizabeth West
• Rev Caroline Spindlow
• Rev Heidi Ruth Jane Merrett
• Susan Jane Tovey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Lacy-Hulbert
• Timothy William O'Brien OBE

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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