THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL, BASSINGBOURN

Registered charity 1169787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASSINGBOURN PCC, THE PCC OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, BASSINGBOURN

- General Charitable activities- Religious activities and services- Provision of local spaces for community use- Activities for children and families- Concerts and entertainment- Support of vulnerable individuals and families in the community

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£379k

Latest spending

£886k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £41,436 at year-end, which the trustees report is well in excess of their policy target of three months' normal expenditure. The charity's net assets decreased significantly by £511,922, primarily due to the liquidation of endowment funds to finance a major building re-ordering project.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of normal expenditure (reserves figure: £41k)

“The PCC aims to have a reserve to cover at least three months of normal expenditure.” — page 14

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest 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: 35
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: 35
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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 28/11/2025, 28 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Helen McGowan Orrchair
David Coton
ERICA COOMBER
Graham Edwin Jones
JAY DERRETT
MARGARET WHITE
MICHELLE RENWICK
Michael William Hallett
Rev Amanda O'Neill
Simon Gerald Parkinson
Simon Morris
Stephen Renwick
VICTOR JULIUS NICKSON

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£379k	£886k
31/12/2024	£302k	£242k
31/12/2023	£139k	£70k
31/12/2022	£100k	£80k
31/12/2021	£101k	£57k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL, BASSINGBOURN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £41,436 at year-end, which the trustees report is well in excess of their policy target of three months' normal expenditure. The charity's net assets decreased significantly by £511,922, primarily due to the liquidation of endowment funds to finance a major building re-ordering project. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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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 PETER & ST PAUL, BASSINGBOURN	£379k	—	above	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL TONBRIDGE FY2025	£458k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, HONITON FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL'S CHURCH, FAREHAM FY2025	£72k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL'S, PICKERING FY2025	£255k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S BISHOPSWORTH FY2025	£202k	—	below	—	no doubt

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