THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT WALTHAM WITH FORD END

Registered charity 1171387 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT WALTHAM WITH FORD END PCC

The role of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) is to oversee the running of the activities of the ministry and the churches in the Parish of Great Waltham with Ford End. This includes att matters related to church services, the maintenance and improvement of the churches and churchyards and delivering the ministry in the wider 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.

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

Latest income

£116k

Latest spending

£113k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the General Fund held unrestricted reserves of £23,964, which is above the stated policy target of £15,000. The filing reports a net surplus for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure. The Independent Examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to maintain a minimum balance of £12,500 and a target balance of £15,000 (reserves figure: £24k)

“The current Reserves Policy for the General Fund is to maintain a minimum balance of £12,500 and a target balance of £15,000.” — page 7

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints 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
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: 20

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

Volunteers: 35

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Daniel Charles Piercechair · trustee of 2 other charities
David Edward Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
David John Tyler · trustee of 1 other charity
David Scully
Dr Hywel Jones
HELEN VIRGINIA POWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanne Rebecca Pritchard · trustee of 1 other charity
Kerri Donna Wiffin
Pauline Anne Briggs
Roger David Bearman
SARAH JANE THRELFALL · trustee of 1 other charity
Sheila Yardley Bearman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£116k	£113k
31/12/2024	£103k	£79k
31/12/2023	£79k	£86k
31/12/2022	£72k	£70k
31/12/2021	£60k	£55k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT WALTHAM WITH FORD END financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the General Fund held unrestricted reserves of £23,964, which is above the stated policy target of £15,000. The filing reports a net surplus for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure. The Independent Examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. 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
THE MIDCOUNTIES CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY FUND	1	£2k

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 ROMFORD.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ROMFORD income £216k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHINGFORD income £249k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BARKHAM income £229k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS, LYDD, ST. PETER'S, GREATSTONE AND THE SANCTUARY, DUNGENESS income £90k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHELTENHAM income £316k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PANCRAS AND ST JOHN, CHICHESTER income £189k

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 GREAT WALTHAM WITH FORD END	£116k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ROMFORD FY2025	£216k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHINGFORD FY2025	£249k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BARKHAM FY2025	£229k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS, LYDD, ST. PETER'S, GREATSTONE AND THE SANCTUARY, DUNGENESS FY2025	£90k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CHELTENHAM FY2025	£316k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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