THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LINTON, DIOCESE OF ELY

Registered charity 1138508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S PCC, LINTON

Conducting church services, voluntary activities within the community, mission, fundraising.

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

Latest income

£124k

Latest spending

£136k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £11,962 in 2025, continuing an ongoing trend of financial loss. The trustees warn that at the current rate of expenditure, the church faces bankruptcy within eighteen months. Despite this, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £44,149, with a designated contingency policy of £22,500.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £22,500 for contingency cover (reserves figure: £44k)

“In 2025, the PCC continued with a reserves policy; retaining a sum of £22,500 for contingency cover.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“This is unsustainable and at the present rate of expenditure I calculate the Church will be bankrupt in eighteen months time.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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: 40
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £2,219 — grants £2,219 (2); 2% of the £128,305 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 30
Government income: £2,219 — grants £2,219 (2); under 1% of the £224,248 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Paul Simon Seaton-Burnchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW ROGER GORE
Andrew Edward Cornell-Webb
Ann Patricia Macer
Anne Sarah Thorne
Catherine Jane Watts
Jacqueline Burge · trustee of 1 other charity
Mahamalage James Claude Suranga Perera
Michael Robert Younger
Phillip Mills
Rev Michael Leslie Wilcockson · trustee of 3 other charities
SUSAN MARY ELLIS
Susan Jane Mudge · trustee of 2 other charities
Thomas Matthew Dodd

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£124k	£136k
31/12/2024	£128k	£139k
31/12/2023	£224k	£231k
31/12/2022	£141k	£163k
31/12/2021	£134k	£125k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LINTON, DIOCESE OF ELY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £11,962 in 2025, continuing an ongoing trend of financial loss. The trustees warn that at the current rate of expenditure, the church faces bankruptcy within eighteen months. Despite this, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £44,149, with a designated contingency policy of £22,500. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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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 ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LINTON, DIOCESE OF ELY	£124k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S ELY FY2025	£462k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LEWISHAM FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNES FY2025	£698k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST FAITH AND ST FRANCIS, ALVERSTOKE FY2025	£376k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MARY OATLANDS FY2025	£228k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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