THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE WOODFORD VALLEY WITH ARCHERS GATE

Registered charity 1195656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODFORD VALLEY PCC

Ministry of the Church of England in the Woodford Valley and Archers Gate

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£171k

Latest spending

£109k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the parish registered a deficit of £3,552 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a significant improvement from the £10,686 deficit in 2024. Total funds carried forward were £171,394, with the Treasurer describing the financial position as 'sound' and 'largely stabilized' due to proceeds from a churches appeal and reduced diocesan contributions. However, the trustees note ongoing challenges in sourcing revenues to cover steadily increasing costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The Vicar and Churchwardens hold a long lease of the school car park and are trustees of the primary academy.

“The Vicar and Churchwardens of Woodford as trustees are the owners of the original site of Woodford Valley Church of England Primary Academy and the curtilage of Woodford Village Cross. They hold a long lease of the school car park.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Michael Perrychair
Anthony Edwards
Antony Edmond Wells · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Margaret Knight
Elizabeth Keatinge
Elizabeth Le Sueur
GILES FLETCHER · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Hosier
James Iles
Julia Gallop
Luke March · trustee of 5 other charities
Peter Antony Shaun Curtis
Rebecca Carson
SUZANNE WATERS
Sarah Coate
Sylvia Parrett

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£171k	£109k
31/12/2024	£100k	£111k
31/12/2023	£123k	£101k
31/12/2022	£97k	£90k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE WOODFORD VALLEY WITH ARCHERS GATE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the parish registered a deficit of £3,552 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a significant improvement from the £10,686 deficit in 2024. Total funds carried forward were £171,394, with the Treasurer describing the financial position as 'sound' and 'largely stabilized' due to proceeds from a churches appeal and reduced diocesan contributions. However, the trustees note ongoing challenges in sourcing revenues to cover steadily increasing costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE WOODFORD VALLEY WITH ARCHERS GATE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE WOODFORD VALLEY WITH ARCHERS GATE as a grant recipient include EARL OF CHICHESTER'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
EARL OF CHICHESTER'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£600
EARL OF CHICHESTER'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£0
EARL OF CHICHESTER'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	—

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
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k

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 WORTH, POUND HILL & MAIDENBOWER.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE WOODFORD VALLEY WITH ARCHERS GATE	£171k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WORTH, POUND HILL & MAIDENBOWER FY2025	£189k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BEDFORD FY2025	£433k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLS FY2025	£376k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WARFIELD FY2025	£314k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CANFORD CLIFFS AND SANDBANKS, POOLE FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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