PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF TAUNTON ST ANDREW

Registered charity 1196804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian worship and teaching is offered regularly, free of charge, open to all, in all age groups. Parish outreach in the form of regular and one-off activities and events in church and church hall.

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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Latest income

£142k

Latest spending

£138k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £15,751 for the year, with total receipts of £121,418 against expenditure of £136,167. The trustees note that financial pressures grew tighter, relying on transitional relief to avoid partial default on diocesan parish share payments. Despite these pressures, the PCC maintains a financial reserves policy to cover three months of essential commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure

“The PCC has a Financial Reserves Policy which ensures that we always have enough cash to cover all essential commitments for a minimum of 3 months in case of emergency.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Finances pressures grew even tighter in 2024 so that all financial decisions need to be made with great care. Happily, an element of transitional relief plus the factoring in of the socio-economic background of parts of the parish meant that the new method of Parish Share calculation came up with a projected figure for 2025 that will be a whisker lower than 2024. Had this not occurred, the PCC would have been unable to fend off partial default for very long.”

Per its FY2024 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Andrew's Church, Taunton (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Charles Blackshaw
Antony James Yeo
Carol Ann Bull
Darren Lee Chalmers
David Anthony Geoffrey Budd
Diane Elaine Ruff
Henry William Haslam
Jean Sharp
Lesley Theresa Jones
Peter Mervyn Jones
Stephen Anthony Bull
Stephen Grimshaw
Susan Louise Goodman

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£142k	£138k
31/12/2024	£121k	£137k
31/12/2023	£167k	£152k
31/12/2022	£138k	£129k

Common questions

Is PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF TAUNTON ST ANDREW financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £15,751 for the year, with total receipts of £121,418 against expenditure of £136,167. The trustees note that financial pressures grew tighter, relying on transitional relief to avoid partial default on diocesan parish share payments. Despite these pressures, the PCC maintains a financial reserves policy to cover three months of essential commitments. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Somerset Community Foundation	17/08/2023	£1k	Continuing to run a warm and welcoming space for vulnerable adults

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF TAUNTON ST ANDREW	£142k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF TIDENHAM WITH BEACHLEY AND LANCAUT FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL'S, PICKERING FY2025	£255k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF TYNEMOUTH PRIORY HOLY SAVIOUR, TYNEMOUTH FY2025	£241k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT ANDREW AND SAINT MARK, SURBITON FY2025	£339k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, FARNBOROUGH FY2025	£239k	Under £60,000	below	—	no doubt

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