THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, STEBBING, IN THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD

Registered charity 1210820 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S STEBBING

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Uttlesford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £1,097,658, driven primarily by £916,000 in grants and donations for the Way Forward project. Total expenditure reached £1,141,723, resulting in a net deficit of £43,301 for the year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £35,537, while the charity held a £50,000 loan from the Diocese to manage cash flow for the project.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Rev Sue Hurley — incumbent (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Susan Elizabeth Hurley PGCE MAchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew John David Hurley
• CATHERINE ALISON ELLIOTT BA,DipHE
• Christopher John Beaven
• David Andrew Posgate
• Dean Anthony Lunt
• Diane Troup
• Edward Henry Conder
• James Edward Crick
• James George Douglas Mackay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Clare Milner
• Patricia Joyce Cassels
• Penelope Marion Lunt
• Rev Ian Peter Elliott
• Rhoda Jean Herbert
• Sarah Louise Maddox
• Susan Vicki Crick

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

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