THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW, BLACKMOOR & WHITEHILL

Registered charity 1171865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH, BLACKMOOR & WHITEHILL

Church of England place of worship

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £4,619 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £205,329 to £200,710. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are maintained at £31,882, which exceeds the stated policy target of covering six months' normal gross running costs (estimated between £28,500 and £32,000). The charity remains solvent with significant investment assets held in the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Amanda Gail Simchair
• Adrienne Rose Cox · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID JOHN COOPER
• DAVINA SYLVIA HUDSON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Fiona Hall
• Gemma Rachel McDonald
• Jean Cameron Darmon
• Leonie Sadler
• Linda Mary Buckland
• Rev David Alan Aldous
• Robin George Arthur Helliwell
• Stephen Ronald Jolliffe
• Sylvia Jean Boddington

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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