THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SWAFFHAM

Registered charity 1134160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PETER & ST PAUL'S PCC, SWAFFHAM, SWAFFHAM PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Religious activities for all people, making grants to organisations and providing buildings and facilities for public use.

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

Latest income
£171k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the General Fund (Unrestricted) had a carried forward balance of £35,308.27 for the year ending 31 December 2025, representing an increase from the previous year's balance of £7,929.07. Total income for the General Fund was £122,153.93, while total expenditure was £94,774.73, resulting in a surplus for the period. The document does not disclose any material uncertainties or going concern issues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

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: 55

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

  • Volunteers: 35

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

  • Volunteers: 45

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 01/11/2025, 1 day after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 31/10/2024, 366 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£171k£124k
31/12/2024£125k£100k
31/12/2023£88k£85k
31/12/2022£73k£82k
31/12/2021£63k£60k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SWAFFHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the General Fund (Unrestricted) had a carried forward balance of £35,308.27 for the year ending 31 December 2025, representing an increase from the previous year's balance of £7,929.07. Total income for the General Fund was £122,153.93, while total expenditure was £94,774.73, resulting in a surplus for the period. The document does not disclose any material uncertainties or going concern issues.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/06/2013£224k"St Peter and St Paul Church, Swaffham, Norfolk"

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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 BISPHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SWAFFHAM£171k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISPHAM FY2025£257k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES, WOODFORD FY2025£226k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SCARTHO ST GILES WITH ST MATTHEW FY2025£114k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY GREAT ILFORD FY2025£153k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHICKHAM FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt

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