THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW WITH SAINT JAMES THE GREAT BETHNAL GREEN
Registered charity 1148272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MATTHEW'S BETHNAL GREEN
St Matthew's PCC is constituted to co-operate with the Priest in promoting in the parish of St Matthew with St James the Great, Bethnal Green, the whole mission of the church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It has responsibilities for a number of properties - the church, a two storey Parish Hall, The Parish Room and The Watch House.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an in-year deficit of £26,680, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,984,821. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of keeping six months' running costs in reserves, a target which the current unrestricted balance significantly exceeds.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months’ running costs in reserves, plus money to cover upcoming QI and other planned building works (held: £2.0m)
“The PCC keeps to its Reserves Policy which maintains that the church keep 6 months’ running costs in reserves, plus money to cover upcoming QI and other planned building works.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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- Alfred Kamara-Laye
- Andrea Silva Goncalves
- Ben Faulkner
- INGRID DORIS
- Lyn Shelley
- MATTHEW SHELLEY
- Marilyn Maraj
- Mario Sepulveda
- Olivia Blanning
- Stuart Faulkner
- Yara Ziade
- Zena Hussein
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Tower Hamlets
Income and spending
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Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT MATTHEW WITH SAINT JAMES THE GREAT BETHNAL GREEN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an in-year deficit of £26,680, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,984,821. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of keeping six months' running costs in reserves, a target which the current unrestricted balance significantly exceeds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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