THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, SOUTHBROOM, DEVIZES

Registered charity 1134059 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JAMES' SOUTHBROOM PCC, DEVIZES

Regular public worship open to allPastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereavedTeaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groupsTaking of religious assemblies in schoolsPromotion of Christianity through the staging of events and meetings, and the distribution of literatureSupporting other charities in the UK and overseas

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

Latest income

£275k

Latest spending

£255k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Parochial Church Council had total unrestricted and restricted funds of £738,402 at the end of the year, representing a net movement in funds of £16,479. The filing confirms that accounting records were kept and financial statements accord with those records, with no material matters coming to the examiner's attention.

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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)

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: 120
Government income: £1,700 — grants £1,700 (1); under 1% of the £275,369 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 130
Government income: £1,700 — grants £1,700 (1); under 1% of the £259,367 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £1,700 — grants £1,700 (1); under 1% of the £258,867 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander James Irvine
CLARE LOUISE KENT
DOREEN ELIZABETH HUTTON
David Sibson · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Stephen Christopher Casey
Elliot Bruce Olav Wallace
Graham Meadows
Ian Roberts
JENNY JONES
JEREMY DAVIDSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Jenny Oliver
MIKE WILMOTT
RICHARD SCOTT OLIVER OBE · trustee of 3 other charities
Rebecca Jayne Sedgwick
Rev Richard John Saint
Rosemary Ellen Macdonald
Terry Page
Thelma Edwards

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£275k	£255k
31/12/2024	£259k	£241k
31/12/2023	£259k	£236k
31/12/2022	£295k	£221k
31/12/2021	£244k	£212k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, SOUTHBROOM, DEVIZES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Parochial Church Council had total unrestricted and restricted funds of £738,402 at the end of the year, representing a net movement in funds of £16,479. The filing confirms that accounting records were kept and financial statements accord with those records, with no material matters coming to the examiner's attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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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 ST JAMES, SOUTHBROOM, DEVIZES	£275k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, CHORLEY FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET, PAGHAM FY2025	£110k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S, LITTLE COMMON FY2024	£143k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST CHAD, BREWOOD FY2025	£146k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTHLAKE ST JAMES FY2025	£169k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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