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ST MARY'S HEADINGTON PCC

Registered charity 1209987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S BARTON

Religious activities

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Latest income
£546k
Latest spending
£664k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £81,058, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £25,000. The charity notes that general costs reduced significantly due to the building closure, but faces ongoing challenges including the completion of the 'Building to Serve' project and the recruitment of a new vicar.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income for the year was £175,081 from regular giving and gifts, £34,765 from reclaimed gift aid and £246,500 from grants.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £81k)
“The trustees have a policy of maintaining £25,000 or 25% of general expenditure in the previous financial year whichever is the greater. This is to maintain a minimum of three months general expenditure.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loans from congregation members
“As of March 2026, we have £140,000 offered in interest free loans from several members of the congregation”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Data breach with DBS provider APCS
“In October, following a data breach with APCS, our DBS provider, we temporarily signed up with thirtyone:eight as our DBS provider” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£546k
Total spending
£664k
Reserves (reported)
£25k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£546k£664k

Common questions

Is ST MARY'S HEADINGTON PCC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £81,058, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £25,000. The charity notes that general costs reduced significantly due to the building closure, but faces ongoing challenges including the completion of the 'Building to Serve' project and the recruitment of a new vicar. 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 Community Fund02/12/2025£20kBuilding to Serve

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 ST MARY EDWINSTOWE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST MARY'S HEADINGTON PCC£546k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY EDWINSTOWE FY2024£128k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, ISLINGTON FY2024£975k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY FY2025£124k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN EAST PRESTON WITH KINGSTON FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S, STOKE NEWINGTON FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt

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