THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, CHESTERFIELD

Registered charity 1134147 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTERFIELD PCC

The PCC exists to promote Christian worship within the framework of the Church of England and resides within the Diocese of Derby. In order to fulfil its obligations the PCC provides daily worship at St Mary and All Saints Church and weekly worship at St Leonards Church, Spital. The PCC also provides community facilities enabling local organisations to use the Church Parish Centre for meetings.

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Latest income

£286k

Latest spending

£283k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £7,637 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by total incoming resources of £286,098 and total expenditure of £282,819. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £716,103, which is significantly above their stated policy target of approximately £200,000. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £200,000 (held: £716k)

“This would amount in total to approximately £200,000 which the PCC considers to be the appropriate level”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Culture Recovery Fund — “Culture Recovery Fund” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income

£547k

Total spending

£643k

Cost of raising funds

£35k

Reserves (reported)

£288k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 6.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER JOHN HUTCHINSON
COLIN MCKENNA · trustee of 1 other charity
DOMINIC WILLIAM PETER DAVID GAVAN
Dr JOHN MALCOLM WILKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
FREDERICK JOHN GASCOYNE · trustee of 1 other charity
GREGORY MCGHIE
JOHN ERIC HAGUE · trustee of 1 other charity
JOSEPHINE PATRICIA CRAWSHAW-MOORE
KATHRYN CRAWSHAW-MOORE
LAURENCE JAMES LAYLAND
LINDA GRETTA WILKINSON
NIGEL ROBERT SWANN · trustee of 1 other charity
ROGER ALAN BARRAND · trustee of 1 other charity
SHEILA MARY BARRETT · trustee of 1 other charity
TIMOTHY BALL
YVONNE MARIE ROBINSON

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£286k	£283k
31/12/2024	£195k	£229k
31/12/2023	£210k	£218k
31/12/2022	£248k	£239k
31/12/2021	£547k	£643k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, CHESTERFIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £7,637 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by total incoming resources of £286,098 and total expenditure of £282,819. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £716,103, which is significantly above their stated policy target of approximately £200,000. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY & CHRIST CHURCH, CHESTERFIELD.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, CHESTERFIELD	£286k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY & CHRIST CHURCH, CHESTERFIELD FY2025	£389k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LAPWORTH FY2025	£141k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, BILLINGSHURST, DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER FY2025	£190k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NORTH ABINGDON FY2025	£1.3m	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DIONIS, PARSONS GREEN FY2024	£501k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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