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

Registered charity 1152415 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARYS ELLAND

Regular public worship open to all.The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation, pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved, teaching christianity through sermons, courses and small groups.Taking of religious assemblies in schools, promotion of christianity through the staging of meetings and events. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £5,585 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £14,199 to £8,614. The trustees noted that the number of parishioners is falling and financial times are difficult, leading to a shortfall in the Parish Share payment. Despite these pressures, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £6,686 and has no stated reserves policy target.

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 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• CANON DAVID BURROWSchair
• ELAINE GILLIAN SAFIAH
• JOYCE ANN HAIGH ARCM
• JUDITH UTTLEY
• Peter Uttley
• Rev PHILIP EDWARD CHADWICK · trustee of 2 other charities
• SUSAN MARY BLUNSTONE

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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