THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SUNNINGHILL AND SOUTH ASCOT

Registered charity 1135244 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF SUNNINGHILL AND SOUTH ASCOT

Promotion of the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. Enabling worship at our church. Maintaining an overview of worship, mission and pastoral care throughout the parish, sustaining this work through maintaining and developing our buildings and wisely stewarding our finances.

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Latest income

£190k

Latest spending

£251k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an operating deficit of £20,444 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £214,760. The trustees report that these free reserves are insufficient to support the budgeted deficit for more than two years, necessitating a cautious approach to reserve usage until a clear path to surplus emerges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £25,675 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Mrs N Hughes was appointed as a Trustee on 28th April 2024 and is also employed by the charity as an office administrator. Her remuneration as an office administrator from her appointment to 31 December 2025 was £25,675” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £215k; policy: approved Reserves Policy)

“Our free reserves are insufficient to support such a large deficit for more than two years.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The PCC takes the view that, at present, there are sufficient funds in reserves to meet future commitments. In view of the deficit for 2025 and a budgeted deficit for 2026, a cautious and considered approach to the use of reserves must be continued, until a clear path to returning to surplus emerges.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Mrs N Hughes received remuneration of £25,675 as an office administrator.

“Mrs N Hughes was appointed as a Trustee on 28th April 2024 and is also employed by the charity as an office administrator. Her remuneration as an office administrator from her appointment to 31 December 2025 was £25,675” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Graham Trapnell
Diana Arabella Marie-Christine Cameron
Dr Geoffrey Stuart Donovan · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr John Nicolas Walsh
Elizabeth Moore
Lucy Butcher
Lucy Charlotte Tansley Jordan · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicola Catherine Hughes
Octavia Natalia McGlashan
Pamela Margot Cross
Richard Louis Piller · trustee of 1 other charity
Valerie Christine Ward

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

Operates in: Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£190k	£251k
31/12/2024	£188k	£266k
31/12/2023	£321k	£315k
31/12/2022	£295k	£331k
31/12/2021	£234k	£276k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SUNNINGHILL AND SOUTH ASCOT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made an operating deficit of £20,444 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £214,760. The trustees report that these free reserves are insufficient to support the budgeted deficit for more than two years, necessitating a cautious approach to reserve usage until a clear path to surplus emerges. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SUNNINGHILL AND SOUTH ASCOT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £25,675 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/07/2018	£6k	"A Village Goes to War"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/12/2013	£85k	"Essential repairs required for the renewal of roof valley gutters, stonework repair, and re-pointing"

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 THE ASCENSION, BALHAM HILL.

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 SUNNINGHILL AND SOUTH ASCOT	£190k	£25,675	below	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE ASCENSION, BALHAM HILL FY2025	£671k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, CHURT AND RUSHMOOR FY2024	£128k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S CHARLBURY WITH ALL SAINTS SHORTHAMPTON FY2025	£162k	—	above	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH SURBITON HILL WITH EMMANUEL, TOLWORTH FY2024	£442k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, LINDFIELD FY2024	£1.3m	—	above	—	no doubt

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