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.

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: Erewash, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£179k

Latest spending

£181k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,203 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a deficit of £17,668 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves and investments stood at £184,753, which the trustees consider to be well within their stated reserves policy target of £70,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £17,140 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Sala of interim team leader 17,140” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ unrestricted expenditure and a suitable sum to cover emergency situations (reserves figure: £184k)

“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 (£70,000).” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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: 23
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 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 24
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: 30
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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
31/12/2025	£179k	£181k
31/12/2024	£173k	£191k
31/12/2023	£172k	£168k
31/12/2022	£137k	£142k
31/12/2021	£162k	£126k

Common questions

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

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,203 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a deficit of £17,668 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, cash reserves and investments stood at £184,753, which the trustees consider to be well within their stated reserves policy target of £70,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL, BREASTON earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £17,140 band.

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
ASCOT ROUND TABLE NO 929	1	£4k
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 ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, BRIGHTON.

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	£179k	£17,140	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, BRIGHTON FY2025	£50k	£11,338	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY & CHRIST CHURCH, STALYBRIDGE FY2025	£254k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, COVENT GARDEN FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW, READING FY2025	£120k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARGARET'S WARNHAM FY2025	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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