THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CIRENCESTER WITH WATERMOOR AND ST.LAWRENCE

Registered charity 1135068 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC CIRENCESTER

The aim of the PCC, with the Vicar, is to promote, in the Parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.We try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through- Worship and prayer, learning about the gospel and developing knowledge and trust in Jesus- Provision of pastoral care- Missionary and outreach work

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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Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased by £63,462 due to an operating deficit and investment losses, though this was partially offset by significant restricted grants. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free unrestricted reserves of £558,243 significantly exceed the stated policy target of approximately £200,000. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 01/12/2023, 31 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Diane Pearson
• Dr Hugh Falcon Thomas
• ERNEST JOHN LAWRENCE
• Genevieve Olivia Imogen Renshaw
• IAN WEIR ROBERTSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARGARET PHYLLIS AUSTIN
• MICHAEL DUNCAN RALSTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mark Victor Dennis
• Nigel Phillip Robbins
• Paul John Burt
• Paul Daniel Jones
• Pauline Teresa Samengo-Turner
• Penny Phillips · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter John Ewart · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philippa Anne Burgon
• Phillip John Kerton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Graham Edwin Morris
• Rev Luke Brian Edmund Falvey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosalind Ivison
• Samantha Jane Burt
• Shaun Edward Miles

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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

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