THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL, BREASTON

Registered charity 1165581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. MICHAEL'S PCC, BREASTON

Our intent as a church is to reach up (to God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in worship, praise and prayer); to reach out (to others with the love of God and the message of salvation through Jesus Christ crucified, dead and risen); and to do this together as the Body of Christ. More simply, we try to love God, to love the lost and to love the Body of Christ.

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Latest income

£173k

Latest spending

£191k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £17,668 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to inflationary pressures and significant improvements to the church hall and Old Library. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that cash reserves and investments of £186,566 remain well within their stated policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover three months' unrestricted expenditure and emergency situations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ unrestricted expenditure and a suitable sum to cover emergency situations (held: £187k)

“It is PCC policy to maintain sufficient reserves of cash to enable payment of three months’ unrestricted expenditure and a suitable sum to cover emergency situations. Currently, the sum considered to cover these potential outgoings is £70,000 (£60,000).” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL CHARLES STUTTLEchair
Ann Dudley
Anne Elizabeth Long
COLIN HAROLD LOWE
David Holliday
Diane Elizabeth Priest
Dr Simon Leslie Purnell
Hannah Jane Knighton
Jill Bradley
Laura Fraser Newman
Mark Huskisson
Philip Edward Lees
Rachel Deborah Lacey
Richard David Warburton
Stephen Robert Lacey

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£173k	£191k
31/12/2023	£172k	£168k
31/12/2022	£137k	£142k
31/12/2021	£162k	£126k
31/12/2020	£142k	£132k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL, BREASTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £17,668 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to inflationary pressures and significant improvements to the church hall and Old Library. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that cash reserves and investments of £186,566 remain well within their stated policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover three months' unrestricted expenditure and emergency situations. Its FY2024 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 URSULA KEYES TRUST	1	£5k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	1	£500

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 BATH, WESTON, ALL SAINTS.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL, BREASTON	£173k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH, WESTON, ALL SAINTS FY2024	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, GUILDFORD FY2025	£247k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BURSLEDON FY2024	£187k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD (ST MICHAEL) FY2024	£245k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN AND ST WULSTAN, SELLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM FY2025	£358k	—	unclear	100.0%	noted

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