THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN'S, BARBOURNE

Registered charity 1137099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST STEPHENS COE

Regular public worship open to allProvision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplationPastoral work, including visiting sick and bereavedTeaching of Christianity through sermons, courses + small groupsTaking of religious assemblies in schoolsPromoting the whole mission of the Church through activities for senior citizens, parents and toddlers and other special need groups

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: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity managed a small surplus of £719 for unrestricted funds in the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds increasing to £147,261. The Treasurer's report notes that while the financial position appears healthy, it does not account for potential substantial quotations for building repairs identified in the Quinquennial review. The Clergy Report confirms that the charity is financially stable but lacks huge reserves and faces rising utility costs.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Lindsey Joanne Coulthardchair
• Angela Joy Poppleton
• Carol Amos
• Christine Allen
• Colin Patrick Magee
• Judith Gerrard
• Kevin Stephen Maltby
• Kirstie June Anwyl-Hughes
• Lynda Margaret Niccolls
• NIGEL STANLEY WAKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL KENNETT
• Patrica Kendall
• Philippa Jane Boulter
• Rev Robert Drewry Holdsworth
• Richard Mark Poppleton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ruth Janice Scotson
• William Courtney Harwood

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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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 ST. STEPHEN, SOUNDWELL, BRISTOL.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN, SOUNDWELL, BRISTOL income £161k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, CHATHAM income £102k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. CHRISTOPHER'S, COVENTRY income £109k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, COLCHESTER income £170k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN AND ST WULSTAN, SELLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM income £358k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN MAIDSTONE income £223k

Side by side with its peers

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