PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ESCRICK

Registered charity 1188789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESCRICK PCC, ST HELENS'S CHURCH, ESCRICK

The Parish Church is available to the public for private prayer and reflection.

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: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£51k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £48,913 against expenditure of £50,955, resulting in a deficit of £2,042. Total funds at year-end were £53,759, though £5,500 of this is restricted for solar panel installation. The trustees note a continuing decline in normal church income and anticipate increasing financial challenges by 2030 without improvement.

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 2 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
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
Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Heritage Lottery Fund — “The project was made possible largely through a Heritage Lottery Fund grant, which was awarded in Spring 2018.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Jacqueline Margaret Doyle-Brettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrea Watson
Carolyn Elizabeth Skilbeck
Christine Margaret Mason
Hilary Jane Castle
JOHN RICHARD WILSON · trustee of 1 other charity
JUDITH HELEN LUSCOMBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Kathleen Margaret Gowthorpe
Mary Chioma Okeudo-Cogan
Nigel Freeman Wood
Rev CAROLINE WANDLESS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£49k	£51k
31/12/2024	£52k	£53k
31/12/2023	£65k	£57k
31/12/2022	£52k	£47k
31/12/2021	£48k	£36k

Common questions

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

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £48,913 against expenditure of £50,955, resulting in a deficit of £2,042. Total funds at year-end were £53,759, though £5,500 of this is restricted for solar panel installation. The trustees note a continuing decline in normal church income and anticipate increasing financial challenges by 2030 without improvement. 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 CLARE MILNE TRUST	1	£10k

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. ILLOGAN.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ESCRICK	£49k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. ILLOGAN FY2025	£121k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALLINGTON, ST NICHOLAS WITH MAIDSTONE, ST PETER, MAIDSTONE FY2025	£140k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE ISLES OF SCILLY FY2025	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ILFRACOMBE FY2024	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, HILDENBOROUGH FY2025	£275k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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