THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, YEOVIL

Registered charity 1158827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF ST JAMES YEOVIL, St James Church Yeovil, St Peter's Church and Community Centre Westfield Yeovil, St Peters Church Westfield Yeovil

Regular Christian Worship. Pastoral support to the local community. Teaching of the Christian Faith. Links with local schools. Provision of Christian Baptism, Marriage and Funerals.

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

Latest income

£334k

Latest spending

£332k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small financial surplus and unrestricted reserves of £48,006, which the trustees confirm is within their policy target of three months' unrestricted payments. Total income increased to £333,833 from £313,944 in the prior year, driven largely by grants and voluntary income, while total expenditure also rose to £331,539. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants Received - St Peters Community centre (25% of income)

“Grants Received - St Peters Community centre 83,930” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months unrestricted payments (reserves figure: £48k)

“It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on free unrestricted reserves which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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: 100
Government income: £19,600 — contracts £18,100 (2), grants £1,500 (1); 6% of the £333,833 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £33,151 — contracts £18,100 (2), grants £15,051 (1); 11% of the £313,944 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £22,742 — contracts £18,100 (2), grants £4,642 (1); 8% of the £277,012 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Brian Lane
Dr Kristina Mary Baker
Eileen Beryl Bangay
Frances Elizabeth Croxford
Ivor Wyn Jones
Joanna Lee Newton
John Robert Hanson
John Sidney Bull
June Butler
Karen Eaton
Lawrence Charles Bignell
Lynne Biles
Malcolm Iremonger
Melodie Andrews
Phillida Patman
Rev Sarah Louise Sanderson
Rhoda Clara Wilson
Susan Penelope McFadden

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£334k	£332k
31/12/2024	£314k	£295k
31/12/2023	£277k	£260k
31/12/2022	£211k	£187k
31/12/2021	£211k	£174k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, YEOVIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small financial surplus and unrestricted reserves of £48,006, which the trustees confirm is within their policy target of three months' unrestricted payments. Total income increased to £333,833 from £313,944 in the prior year, driven largely by grants and voluntary income, while total expenditure also rose to £331,539. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 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
Somerset Community Foundation	26/11/2024	£15k	Support to members of the local community who need additional help during the winter.
Somerset Community Foundation	28/11/2023	£1k	Westfield Community Pantry
Somerset Community Foundation	27/11/2023	£1k	To extend a warm space opening hours in a deprived area of Yeovil
Somerset Community Foundation	23/11/2023	£400	Providing a Christmas meal to the local community of Westfield, Yeovil, to reduce isolation
Somerset Community Foundation	15/06/2023	£3k	Contribution towards buying food supplies in order to meet the growing demand caused by the cost-of-living crisis
Somerset Community Foundation	22/03/2023	£26k	Core costs for a community centre supporting disadvantaged people in Yeovil
Somerset Community Foundation	10/01/2023	£3k	Establishing a new youth work service in the Westfield area of Yeovil
Somerset Community Foundation	31/10/2022	£1k	Providing a warm space to support those experiencing fuel poverty during the cost-of-living crisis
Somerset Community Foundation	28/05/2021	£3k	COVID19 preparing staff and centre for reopening
Somerset Community Foundation	01/09/2020	£7k	COVID19 Establishing a new community hub in a disadvantaged area of Yeovil
Somerset Community Foundation	16/03/2018	£5k	New Westfield Community Centre

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 S M B TRUST	1	£2k

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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 JAMES THE GREAT, YEOVIL	£334k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, CHORLEY FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, YEOVIL, SOMERSET FY2025	£624k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WIVELSFIELD FY2025	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, NEVILLE'S CROSS, DURHAM FY2025	£186k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN-AT-HAMPSTEAD FY2025	£435k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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