THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN PUDDLETOWN

Registered charity 1150071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC PUDDLETOWN, ST MARY THE VIRGIN PUDDLETOWN

Parochial church council of the ecclesiastical parish of St Mary the virgin Puddletown

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£51k

Latest spending

£61k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £77,614 to £67,738 due to a net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £33,841, which the trustees consider adequate for the preparation of the accounts without material uncertainty.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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: 20

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

Volunteers: 30

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

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £2,360 — grants £2,360 (3); 4% of the £64,972 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 07/12/2023, 37 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev SARAH CATHERINE HILLMANchair
Andrew Robert William Deans · trustee of 1 other charity
Cynthia Metcalf
David Alexander Elliott · trustee of 3 other charities
Dawn Loveless
Joanna Margaret Crankshaw
Mara Christina Wingrove
Margaret Mary Rickard
Patricia Sparks
Robert Todd
Roderick Hughes

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£51k	£61k
31/12/2024	£61k	£62k
31/12/2023	£65k	£70k
31/12/2022	£51k	£51k
31/12/2021	£51k	£51k

Common questions

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

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £77,614 to £67,738 due to a net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £33,841, which the trustees consider adequate for the preparation of the accounts without material uncertainty. 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
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/05/2005	£5k	"Pedestrian Access To A New Parish Room Will Be Improved By The Provision Of An Access Path Suitable For Disabled Persons."

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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 PUDDLETOWN	£51k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BEDDINGTON FY2025	£151k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, SHORTLANDS FY2025	£228k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, THE LACE MARKET, NOTTINGHAM FY2025	£437k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BALDOCK FY2025	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WARTON FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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