THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN, MONKS RISBOROUGH

Registered charity 1153869 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MONKS RISBOROUGH PCC

Regular public worship open to all.The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation.Pastoral work, including the visiting the sick and the bereaved.Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups.The provision of a children's club with a Christian ethos.Promotion of Christianity through the staging of events and meetings.

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£112k

Latest spending

£110k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £1,970 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £112,048 and expenditure of £110,078. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £47,047, which is above the stated policy target of three months' running costs (£27,000). However, the filing notes that the parish share contribution to the Diocese is expected to increase significantly in 2026, and the PCC is considering steps to avoid a deficit in the coming year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: parishioners’ donations

“The largest single element of our income this year came again from parishioners’ donations, many of which were gift aided.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ expenditure on normal running costs as well as any forecast expenditure on committed capital projects (reserves figure: £47k)

“The Reserves Policy is that the church should maintain sufficient net free reserves, that is neither restricted nor designated funds, to cover at least 3 months’ expenditure on normal running costs as well as any forecast expenditure on committed capital projects.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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: 70
Government income: £1,500 — grants £1,500 (1); 1% of the £112,048 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 70
Government income: £1,500 — grants £1,500 (1); 1% of the £122,310 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 70
Government income: £2,457 — grants £2,457 (2); 2% of the £129,459 total gross income on the same return

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Peter James Howard Goddenchair
ANGELINE VERE
Ann Marie Burke
Caroline Nicola Byrom
Charles Robert Fairall
Charlotte Rose Turnbull
DEBBIE NORIE · trustee of 1 other charity
David Alexander Curry Dr
Diane Christine Kerwood
Dr Christopher Simon Geoffrey Trower FRCGP · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr PAUL WOODWARD-COURT
Edward Arthur Kent
JANE ROGERS · trustee of 1 other charity
Lucy Nott
Sally Elizabeth Prendergast
Simon Charles Gray

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£112k	£110k
31/12/2024	£122k	£110k
31/12/2023	£129k	£124k
31/12/2022	£115k	£117k
31/12/2021	£89k	£66k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN, MONKS RISBOROUGH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £1,970 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £112,048 and expenditure of £110,078. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £47,047, which is above the stated policy target of three months' running costs (£27,000). However, the filing notes that the parish share contribution to the Diocese is expected to increase significantly in 2026, and the PCC is considering steps to avoid a deficit in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ELM TREE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN WITH HOLY CROSS, CANTERBURY.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN WITH HOLY CROSS, CANTERBURY income £184k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DAMASCUS income £322k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MOULSECOOMB income £314k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, RUSTHALL income £217k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH BARNSTON income £225k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN MAIDSTONE income £223k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN, MONKS RISBOROUGH	£112k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN WITH HOLY CROSS, CANTERBURY FY2025	£184k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DAMASCUS FY2025	£322k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MOULSECOOMB FY2025	£314k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, RUSTHALL FY2024	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH BARNSTON FY2025	£225k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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