Newport and Carisbrooke PCC

Registered charity 1170906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWPORT MINSTER, Newport Minster, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE MINSTER CHURCH OF ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE AND ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY, NEWPORT

Regular public worship open to all

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Latest income

£648k

Latest spending

£888k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus on general funds of £36,791, bringing unrestricted fund balances to £176,381. However, the charity reports continuing financial challenges and notes a shortfall in Parish Share payments to the Diocese, which is an operational but not legal liability. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, supported by free reserves of £126,310 against a policy target of approximately £150,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £126k; policy: approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure for each church, and might reasonably be £150,000)

“An estimation of this level of funds might equate to approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure for each church, and might reasonably be £150,000. At the year end, the Parish as a whole has free reserves of £126,310”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Friends of the Minster Church of Saints Thomas Newport Isle of Wight - Registered charity 1133165 The Friends' organisation was registered as a charity under number 1133165. During the year the Friends' Charity closed, and transferred the sum of £1,334 to the restoration project.

“Friends of the Minster Church of Saints Thomas Newport Isle of Wight - Registered charity 1133165 The Friends' organisation was registered as a charity under number 1133165. During the year the Friends' Charity closed, and transferred the sum of £1,334 to the restoration project.” — page 28

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Newport and Carisbrooke PCC (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£648k

Total spending

£888k

Cost of raising funds

£9k

Reserves (reported)

£126k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Allan George Timbrell
Andrew Charles Rolf
Ann Susan Smout
Anne Cameron Hewitt
David Graham Salter
Deborah Jane Cook
Janet Holliday · trustee of 1 other charity
Lorraine Johnne Devine Grundon
Marian Elizabeth Brett-Hill
PETER BARRY EDNAY
Peta Adrienne Stevenson
Peter Hewitt
Peter John Whitlock
Rev Abigail Grace Joy Lynch
Rev Christopher James Bradish
Rev Emma Cooksey
Rev Stephen Sutcliffe · trustee of 4 other charities
Richard Hugh Smout
Ruth Elizabeth Chambers
Stephanie Taylor
Stephen Alfred Sibbeck Smith
THOMAS ARTHUR HARDEN

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£648k	£888k
31/12/2023	£942k	£1.0m
31/12/2022	£1.5m	£1.2m
31/12/2021	£383k	£313k
31/12/2020	£395k	£190k

Common questions

Is Newport and Carisbrooke PCC financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus on general funds of £36,791, bringing unrestricted fund balances to £176,381. However, the charity reports continuing financial challenges and notes a shortfall in Parish Share payments to the Diocese, which is an operational but not legal liability. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, supported by free reserves of £126,310 against a policy target of approximately £150,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	08/03/2021	£24k	CRF21 The Minster Church of Sts Thomas, Newport
UK government	08/03/2021	£27k	CRF21 The Minster Church of Sts Thomas, Newport
UK government	27/01/2021	£19k	Minster Church of St Thomas, Newport
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/11/2018	£1.2m	"Revitalising Newport Minster"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/10/2016	£9k	"Discovering Newport Minster, its history and royal links"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/06/2015	£135k	"Phase 5 of the restoration of Newport Minster and initial work on reordering the interior"