THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PENRITH

Registered charity 1187270 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PENRITH, THE PARISH OF PENRITH

Our activities include: regular public worship open to all, the provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation, pastoral work including visiting the sick and the bereaved, the teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups, taking of religious assemblies in schools. We promote the whole mission of the Church, through the provision of activities for all ages.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a significant financial surplus of £1,392,115 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to £1,246,210 in the prior year. Total income increased to £10,761,000 from £9,621,000, while total expenditure rose to £9,368,885 from £8,374,790. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~32.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/06/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• REVEREND DAVID GARETH SARGENTchair · trustee of 5 other charities
• Catherine Harper
• Christopher Nuttall
• Clifford Harper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Duncan Walker
• Katherine Laithwaite
• Linda Jane Boylan
• Margaret Elizabeth Irving · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mark Stephen Popple
• Philip Anthony Lund
• Rev ANDREW GARDNER
• Rev MARY GRACE EDWARDS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Rachel Louise Milburn
• Richard John Haizelden
• Rosemary Fielder
• Sheila Margaret Atherton
• Sophie Elizabeth Hodge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Mark Gamble · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Caroline Anne Tomlinson
• Suzanne Gamble · trustee of 1 other charity
• Teresa Colman
• WILLIAM ARTHUR MADDAMS

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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