THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET LOWESTOFT

Registered charity 1134063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Parish Church of Lowestoft

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the parish incurred a net deficit of £61,252.02 for the year ended 31st December 2025, primarily due to restorative work on the church fabric which exceeded income. Total funds decreased from £248,402.48 to £187,150.45, with unrestricted reserves falling to £187,150.45. The Treasurer's report notes that the parish did not pay its full Parish Share to the Diocese, owing £18,595 of the £72,595 requested.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Simon Stokeschair · trustee of 6 other charities
• Augustine Nwokorie
• CHRISTINE LEECH
• Capt. John Worsfold
• Caroline Bentley
• Derek Spall · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gill Battrick
• Jennifer Joan Dyer
• Linda Friston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malcolm Howes
• Mary Carr
• Michael Gall · trustee of 4 other charities
• Michelle Morris
• Rachel McDonough
• Richard Allen
• Sarah Spall

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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