THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OFTHE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, THATCHAM

Registered charity 1154079 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S THATCHAM PCC · repeated filing default (register status)

Thatcham PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the Team Rector and Team Vicar in promoting in Thatcham Parish the whole mission of the church - spiritual, pastoral, evangelistic and ecumenical. The PCC met four times in 2022.Services are held in St Mary's, the Parish Church and at St Barnabas which meets in Thatcham Park Church of England Primary School.

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: West Berkshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £(20,588) for the year, resulting in a cumulative deficit on the General Fund of £18,433. The trustees note that while the financial situation is resilient, it remains in the red, with significant pressure from rising utility costs and a required 7% increase in the Parish Share. However, the charity holds substantial investment assets valued at £275,526 and unrestricted net assets of £46,538, providing a buffer against the operational deficit.

Automated summary of the FY2023 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 26/10/2026, 360 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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

• Revd Canon Mark David Bennetchair · trustee of 8 other charities
• Amey Tunney
• Colin Leslie Waters · trustee of 3 other charities
• Debbie Harley
• Derenda Caroline Smith
• JEREMY COTTAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Bennet
• Lourdes Cottam
• Mark Douglas Backhouse
• Mary Dorothy Stagg · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Ivan Godfrey Watson
• Rev Angela Hazell McSweeney Brennan
• Rev BRENDA JUNE HARLAND
• Simon John Stagg
• Stephen Rice
• Stuart Malcolm Rogers · trustee of 3 other charities
• William Richard Froud

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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