THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALDHELM, PURBECK

Registered charity 1196110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Prayer and openness to the prompting and surprises of the Holy SpiritTeaching informed by the narrative of scripture, engaging conversation, well crafted imaginative worship andpreaching and a shared journey of discipleshipGenerosity, friendship, creativity and self-giving service to the communityPassionate in safeguarding the integrity of creation and courageous in challenging injustices

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£183k
Latest spending
£249k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £66,303 for the year, driven by significant restricted expenditure on building repairs. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the financial position is satisfactory, with unrestricted funds and investments totaling £166,035, which they consider sufficient to cover over ten months of expenditure.

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.

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: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£183k£249k
31/12/2024£360k£452k
31/12/2023£306k£295k
31/12/2022£164k£150k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALDHELM, PURBECK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £66,303 for the year, driven by significant restricted expenditure on building repairs. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the financial position is satisfactory, with unrestricted funds and investments totaling £166,035, which they consider sufficient to cover over ten months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/02/2023£249k"Purbeck Heritage Set in Stone and Told Through Story"