THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, BRAYTON

Registered charity 1169956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRAYTON PCC, ST WILFRID'S, BRAYTON

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved.Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Taking of religious assemblies in schools.Promoting the whole mission of the Church through provision of activities for senior citizens, parents and toddlers

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: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£97k

Latest spending

£95k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income fell slightly to £91,862 from £94,609 in the prior year, primarily due to a significant drop in legacies. Total expenditure also decreased to £94,712, resulting in a deficit of £2,850 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,197, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of covering four to six months of operational expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four to six months of operational expenditure, excluding the Freewill Offering, plus any known major expenditure in the near future (reserves figure: £35k)

“General advice is that levels of reserve should cover 4-6 months of operational expenditure, excluding the Freewill Offering, plus any known major expenditure in the near future.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
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: 50

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

Volunteers: 50

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

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £1,605 — grants £1,605 (1); 1% of the £133,683 total gross income on the same return

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Carol Mary Sowden
JACKIE JACKMAN
John Peter Boyer
Michael Bunn
Patricia Anne Griffiths
RUTH CHRISTINE BREEZE
Rev Glyn Wingfield Diggins
Rosemary Anne Finlinson
Sheila Newsome
Shirley Anne Grace Croft
Susan Ruth Beevers

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£97k	£95k
31/12/2024	£100k	£109k
31/12/2023	£134k	£98k
31/12/2022	£91k	£80k
31/12/2021	£73k	£74k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, BRAYTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income fell slightly to £91,862 from £94,609 in the prior year, primarily due to a significant drop in legacies. Total expenditure also decreased to £94,712, resulting in a deficit of £2,850 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,197, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of covering four to six months of operational expenditure. Its FY2025 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
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST	1	£88k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	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 WILFRID, CHICHESTER.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, CHICHESTER income £76k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S BISHOPSWORTH income £202k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID'S CHURCH, WILFORD, NOTTINGHAM. income £204k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BIDEFORD income £196k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK, BILTON income £132k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WILLINGDON income £116k

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 WILFRID, BRAYTON	£97k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID, CHICHESTER FY2025	£76k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S BISHOPSWORTH FY2025	£202k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST WILFRID'S CHURCH, WILFORD, NOTTINGHAM. FY2024	£204k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BIDEFORD FY2025	£196k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK, BILTON FY2025	£132k	—	0	below	—	noted

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