ST MARY THE VIRGIN ALVELEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Registered charity 1185217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY THE VIRGIN PCC

Promotion of Christianity

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE 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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Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£73k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £126,983 at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of three months of usual unrestricted payments. Although the charity reported a deficit of £8,550 for the year, it maintains sufficient free reserves to cover future obligations and potential building repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Unrestricted voluntary donations (70% of income)
“Total receipts on unrestricted funds amounted to £74,183, of which £51,707 related to unrestricted voluntary donations.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of 'usual' unrestricted payments (held: £127k)
“It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least three months of 'usual' unrestricted payments.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£73k£87k
31/12/2024£74k£83k
31/12/2023£84k£89k
31/12/2022£115k£74k
31/12/2021£63k£60k

Common questions

Is ST MARY THE VIRGIN ALVELEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £126,983 at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of three months of usual unrestricted payments. Although the charity reported a deficit of £8,550 for the year, it maintains sufficient free reserves to cover future obligations and potential building repairs.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Northern Rock Foundation11/11/2003£14kGrant awarded to St Mary the Virgin PCC (Tyne & Wear)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/10/1998£14k"St Mary the Virgin, Mellis, Suffolk"

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 MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST MARY THE VIRGIN ALVELEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL£73k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY FY2025£124k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST.MARY THE VIRGIN, NEWENT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£100k—0within—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY COGGES FY2024£413k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, MICKLEOVER, DERBY FY2024£105k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S, WELLING FY2024£329k—0unclear—no doubt

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