ST MARY MAGDALENE PCC

Registered charity 1190593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOLNEY PCC

We are a small parochial church council (PCC) in West Sussex having responsibility for managing the Grade 1-listed church of St Mary Magdalene, Bolney, and discharging the duties of a PCC within the diocese of Chichester. The church is open to all regardless of belief. The PCC relies upon voluntary donations from supporters to meet its financial obligations. Visit our website.

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £3,257 for the year, with total income of £50,719 and expenditure of £53,976. Free reserves held in the CCLA general reserves account amounted to £20,684 at the end of the year. The bank account balance decreased from £10,971 to £7,715 during the period.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£53k£54k
31/12/2024£107k£52k
31/12/2023£60k£53k
31/12/2022£63k£62k
31/12/2021£66k£74k

Common questions

Is ST MARY MAGDALENE PCC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £3,257 for the year, with total income of £50,719 and expenditure of £53,976. Free reserves held in the CCLA general reserves account amounted to £20,684 at the end of the year. The bank account balance decreased from £10,971 to £7,715 during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, WOODSTOCK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST MARY MAGDALENE PCC£53k——unclear—no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, WOODSTOCK FY2025£357k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GORLESTON ST MARY MAGDALENE FY2025£279k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, HIGHLEY FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE & ST DENIS (MIDHURST) FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE, ASHTON UPON MERSEY FY2025£590k—0below—no doubt

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