THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, SOMERTON

Registered charity 1168799 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Activities

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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Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted receipts were £86,009 against payments of £82,618, resulting in a surplus of £3,391 for the year. However, the trustees note that regular income fell by 4.34% and express major concern about increasing income to meet expenditure levels. The charity received £21,748 in support from the Church Lands Trust to cover specific costs such as insurance, energy, and repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Planned giving (42% of income)
“Planned giving: Bank Standing Orders £ 30.057” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
“During 2024 the total monies donated by the Trustees (i.e. PCC members) are included in the voluntary income (note 2a ) equals € 6,750 before gift aid.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£86k£83k
31/12/2023£92k£235k
31/12/2022£78k£90k
31/12/2021£91k£90k
31/12/2020£74k£96k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, SOMERTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted receipts were £86,009 against payments of £82,618, resulting in a surplus of £3,391 for the year. However, the trustees note that regular income fell by 4.34% and express major concern about increasing income to meet expenditure levels. The charity received £21,748 in support from the Church Lands Trust to cover specific costs such as insurance, energy, and repairs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government23/03/2023£8kSaint Michael and all Angels Church Window Repairs
UK government23/03/2023£4kSaint Michael and all Angels Church Window Repairs