THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WINCHCOMBE WITH GRETTON, SUDELEY MANOR AND STANLEY PONTLARGE

Registered charity 1138071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINCHCOMBE PCC

The Winchcombe Parochial Church Council is responsible for the administration and finances of the parish, together with certain appointments and functions as specified in the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956 as amended by the Measure of 1969.

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: Tewkesbury, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£169k

Latest spending

£209k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets decreased by £54,000 to £390,302, driven by a planned deficit of £50,000 and underperformance in investments. The Treasurer notes that the current financial trajectory is unsustainable in the long term due to rising costs and stagnant giving, requiring careful monitoring and potential future reductions in expenditure.

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.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £169,187 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £152,971 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £192,321 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Cathryn Wilcock
Charles Bagnall · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Robert Haslam · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Atkinson
Felicity Eleanor Hall
Geoffrey Adlington
Isabella Salenius
Morag Adlington
Paul Badger
Rev David Roy Penny
Robert Dean
SUSAN CROWNSHAW
Simon Timothy Holland Andrews
Stephen Carter
Susan Janet Proctor
Viktor Salenius

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£169k	£209k
31/12/2024	£153k	£178k
31/12/2023	£192k	£174k
31/12/2022	£160k	£224k
31/12/2021	£177k	£163k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WINCHCOMBE WITH GRETTON, SUDELEY MANOR AND STANLEY PONTLARGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets decreased by £54,000 to £390,302, driven by a planned deficit of £50,000 and underperformance in investments. The Treasurer notes that the current financial trajectory is unsustainable in the long term due to rising costs and stagnant giving, requiring careful monitoring and potential future reductions in expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	25/01/2021	£2k	St Michael's Church, Stanley Pontlarge

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 MARY, WHITKIRK.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, WHITKIRK income £192k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, GORING ON THAMES income £126k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WARTON income £116k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW BISHOPTHORPE income £108k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHINGFORD income £249k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WITHAM income £215k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WINCHCOMBE WITH GRETTON, SUDELEY MANOR AND STANLEY PONTLARGE	£169k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, WHITKIRK FY2025	£192k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, GORING ON THAMES FY2025	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WARTON FY2025	£116k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW BISHOPTHORPE FY2025	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHINGFORD FY2025	£249k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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