THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ABBEY WITH ST JAMES, BATH

Registered charity 1134081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BATH ABBEY PCC, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, BATH · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £274,703 for the year ended 31 December 2022, driven by falling visitor numbers and rising costs amidst the cost-of-living crisis. To address this, the trustees implemented a Recovery Plan in March 2023, which included introducing an admission fee and reducing staff, with early signs indicating performance is broadly in line with the budget. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £342,567, which the trustees note is less than 2.5 months of planned unrestricted expenditure, below their policy target of 5-9 months.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Rev Chantal Masonchair
• ANDREW BRAGG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ann Delyth Cardy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christina Barnes
• David Babb · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Comley
• Dr Peter Collecott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Erin Shields-Pett
• JEREMY ROBIN KEY-PUGH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joshy Easaw
• Julia Underwood
• Patricia Rosemary Shuttleworth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Blackmore
• Peter Windebank
• Rebecca Day
• Rev Betsy Blatchley
• Rev Evelyn Lee-Barber
• Robert Carver
• Sandra Websper
• Tim Westbrook
• William Henry Thomas Sheppard · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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