THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRIGHTLINGSEA COLCHESTER ESSEX

Registered charity 1149403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTLINGSEA PCC

The PCC is concerned with the promotion of the Christian Church of England in Brightlingsea in its many evangelical and social aspects, considering and discussing subjects of religious or public interest.The PCC is also charged with overseeing the budget and raising funds not only for special projects but also for the day to day running of the Church and to maintain its inherited foundation.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted general fund finished the year with a deficit of £15,397, resulting in an overall unrestricted deficit balance of £8,382. This position is below the PCC's stated reserves policy target of £27,806 (three months of unrestricted payments). The independent examiner noted that the overdrawn general fund makes the church technically unable to pay its debts as they fall due, raising going concern doubts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Caroline Evelyn Beckettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Mary Herbert
• Catherine Sheilagh Graham BA PGCE
• David Mark Prowse Girdlestone
• David Norman Wiggins
• JANET RUSSELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jane Elizabeth Girdlestone
• Linda Ann Salmon
• Mary Bugbee
• Rev Judith Andrea Gibbons
• Susan Georgina Merrell
• Vivien Chapman · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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