THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY HADLEIGH

Registered charity 1140776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S PCC HADLEIGH

St Mary's Church is the main church in the United Benefice of Hadleigh, Layham and Shelley. Across the churches we offer a wide and rich range of Anglican worship. We seek to proclaim the Christian Good News in word and servanthood, being active partners in God's Mission both locally and wider afield.

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Latest income

£188k

Latest spending

£270k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted receipts increased to £116,112, yet payments exceeded receipts by £854, reducing the unrestricted fund balance to £5,799. The trustees note that maintaining the policy reserve of £5,000 is 'proving increasingly difficult to achieve on an ongoing basis.'

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: unclear

“The contribution to the diocesan share that mainly provides the stipends and housing for the clergy totalled £54,165” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least £5,000 (held: £6k)

“It is the PCC policy to try and maintain a balance on unrestricted funds of at least £5,000 to cover emergency situations that may arise from time to time.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Given the above, the net result for the year was an excess of payments over receipts of £854, which reduced the balance carried forward at 31st December 2025 to £5,799.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Jonathan Hawke Delfgouchair · trustee of 3 other charities
AILEEN FRANCES KER · trustee of 1 other charity
Dineka Laura Fleming-Ovens
Dr Justin Edward Brett
Emma Fleming-Ovens
Glenys Morris
Hilary Janet Ferry M.Ed. · trustee of 1 other charity
JAMES SIDNEY WILDING
JOHN FREDERICK PERRY
JOHN PARRY-WILLIAMS
Jessica Jane Janas · trustee of 2 other charities
Jonathan Richard Woods
Lucinda Anna Salway
Patricia Lynne Pitt
Rev Glenda Elizabeth Hall · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Jane Nicholson
Stella Mary Scanlon
Susan Veronica Monks · trustee of 2 other charities
Sylvia Frances Brett · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£188k	£270k
31/12/2024	£239k	£211k
31/12/2023	£187k	£215k
31/12/2022	£138k	£196k
31/12/2021	£99k	£205k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY HADLEIGH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted receipts increased to £116,112, yet payments exceeded receipts by £854, reducing the unrestricted fund balance to £5,799. The trustees note that maintaining the policy reserve of £5,000 is 'proving increasingly difficult to achieve on an ongoing basis.' Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY HADLEIGH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the unclear 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	11/06/2026	£109k	"St Mary’s Church: Securing Heritage at the Heart of Hadleigh"

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 THE VIRGIN, UFFCULME.

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 HADLEIGH	£188k	unclear	above	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, UFFCULME FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, SPROTBROUGH WITH ST EDMUND, ANCHORAGE LANE FY2025	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, REIGATE FY2025	£798k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL HARLOW TOWN CENTRE WITH ST MARY LITTLE PARNDON FY2024	£212k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN HEACHAM FY2024	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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