THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITTON

Registered charity 1176182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITTON PCC

The PCC exists to support the overall mission and ministry for the Church of England in the Parish, by the provision of services and church buildings and facilities as places of worship and in support of community activities such as concerts. Our churches are: St Michael, Aldbourne; St Michael, Axford; St Nicholas, Baydon; St Mary, Chilton Foliat; All Saints, Froxfield; and Holy Cross, Ramsbury.

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE OF THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

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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Latest income

£286k

Latest spending

£284k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £475,122, which the PCC reserves policy indicates covers 60% of annual expenditure. The filing notes that investments did not perform well due to market conditions, resulting in losses that drew on historic reserves, but the overall unrestricted fund balance increased slightly from the prior year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 60% to cover annual expenditure and 40% for urgent unbudgeted expenditure (held: £475k)

“Our current PCC reserves of unrestricted funds (£475,122) amount to 60% to cover annual expenditure (£283,871) and the remaining 40% for urgent unbudgeted expenditure if required.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Susan Elizabeth Huttonchair · trustee of 5 other charities
Anthony Peter Topp
BRENDA WING SHIK WONG ROBINSON
Dr DAVID CECIL ROBINSON
Joanna Margaret Hobart
MRS JAN HEPPENSTALL
Peter Michael Ball
Peter Nicholas Chambers · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip Paul Trickey
Veronica Anne Bourne

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£286k	£284k
31/12/2024	£335k	£328k
31/12/2023	£294k	£277k
31/12/2022	£245k	£259k
31/12/2021	£295k	£291k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £475,122, which the PCC reserves policy indicates covers 60% of annual expenditure. The filing notes that investments did not perform well due to market conditions, resulting in losses that drew on historic reserves, but the overall unrestricted fund balance increased slightly from the prior year. 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
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£3k

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 DIONIS, PARSONS GREEN.

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 WHITTON	£286k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DIONIS, PARSONS GREEN FY2025	£878k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF RICKMANSWORTH FY2024	£398k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST THE SERVANT KING, HIGH WYCOMBE FY2025	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT THORLEY FY2024	£255k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN'S, WHEATHAMPSTEAD AND ST PETER'S, GUSTARD WOOD FY2025	£242k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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