THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HARWICH PENINSULA

Registered charity 1152910 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARWICH PENINSULA PARISH PCC

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer andcontemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching of Christianitythrough sermons, courses and small groups. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. 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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Latest income

£193k

Latest spending

£300k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £173,578 were held at the end of 2022, which represents in excess of three months of operating costs against a policy target of at least three months of unrestricted expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, combining local accounts from the three churches in the parish.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £174k)

“It is PCC policy to maintain a cash balance on unrestricted funds (if possible) which amounts to at least three months of unrestricted expenditure. This equates to £35,198 for the parish as a whole. The aggragate balance at the end of 2022 on all unrestricted general funds (excluding those which had been designated for specific purposes) was £173,578 This represents in excessof three months of operating costs, based upun 2023 levels.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Mrs Liz McLeod, a PCC Member, received a salary of £5,000 during 2022 for her work as Parish Administrator.

“Mrs Liz McLeod a PCC Member received a salary of £5,000 during 2022 for her work as Parish Administrator.” — page 11

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Rendell-Knights
CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY WALLACE
Crispin Burdett
Elizabeth Marie McLeod
Joan Hurst
John Antony Wallace · trustee of 1 other charity
Julie Ann Teatheredge
Kieran Wallace
Maureen Townsend
Rev IAN SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Kirsty Dawn Emerson
Teresa Audrey Monshall

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£193k	£300k
31/12/2023	£448k	£179k
31/12/2022	£157k	£149k
31/12/2021	£126k	£131k
31/12/2020	£248k	£145k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HARWICH PENINSULA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £173,578 were held at the end of 2022, which represents in excess of three months of operating costs against a policy target of at least three months of unrestricted expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis, combining local accounts from the three churches in the parish. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.