THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY

Registered charity 1189453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLETCHINGLEY PCC

Encouraging and facilitating the spiritual life of the community.

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tandridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£124k
Latest spending
£113k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £17,273, which is below the £25,000 target prescribed in the charity's financial policy. The charity reported a modest overall surplus for the year, with unrestricted income of £105,345 against expenditure of £104,665, resulting in a net incoming resource of £680 for the general fund.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“This leaves our unrestricted reserves at £16,600, slightly higher than last year but still well short of the £25,000 prescribed in our Financial Policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Fr Paul Fitzpatrick, Jeffery Marks, Vicki Gillespie and Trevor Dawson are trustees of Bletchingley Thomas Chapman Charity. Fr Paul Fitzpatrick, Edward Muller and Richard Fowler are trustees of Church House Charity.
“Four members (Fr Paul Fitzpatrick, Jeffery Marks (resigned May 2025), Vicki Gillespie and Trevor Dawson) of the PCC were trustees of Bletchingley Thomas Chapman Charity and three members (Fr Paul Fitzpatrick, Edward Muller and Richard Fowler) were trustees of Church House Charity.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 25

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£124k£113k
31/12/2024£105k£104k
31/12/2023£111k£134k
31/12/2022£94k£103k
31/12/2021£101k£97k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £17,273, which is below the £25,000 target prescribed in the charity's financial policy. The charity reported a modest overall surplus for the year, with unrestricted income of £105,345 against expenditure of £104,665, resulting in a net incoming resource of £680 for the general fund. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS, TRENTHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY£124k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS, TRENTHAM FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN MONKSEATON FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, GREENHITHE FY2025£83k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE THE MARTYR, SHIRLEY FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY THE VIRGIN ALVELEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt

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