THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S ELY

Registered charity 1133993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S ELY PCC

Regular public worship,open to all.The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved.Teaching of Christianity through sermons courses and small groups. Provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for young people. Promoting the whole mission of the Church through provision of activities for people of all ages.

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: East Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net unrestricted deficit of £17,753 for the year, though overall total funds increased due to restricted income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted income rose to £247,527 while total spending reached £332,192, with the largest single expenditure being the Ministry Share of £113,407. The charity holds £38,000 in general reserves, which is slightly below its stated policy target of two months' running costs (c£39,000).

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary's Ely (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Elizabeth Philips
• Andrew James Sykes
• Anneri Sanger
• CHRISTINE JOAN WATSON
• Daniel James Morley
• Daniel Peter Brown
• Deborah Man · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fiona Doughton
• GRAHAM RUSSELL BISS
• Janene Elise Pike
• KEITH MARTIN RAWSON
• Kathryn Mary Coutts MA MBACP
• Kimberley Gabbitas
• Lindsay Jayne Frost
• Matthew William George Whittle
• Paul Smyth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Piers Andrew Coutts
• Rev Matthew Creber-Davies
• Rev Phillip Edward Marsh
• SUSAN FRANCES MORLEY
• Victoria Clare Lupson BSc Hons

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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

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