Dersingham Parochial Church Council

Registered charity 250450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUNDS HELD IN CONNEXION WITH ST NICHOLAS' CHURCH, DERSINGHAM

The Church of St Nicholas, Dersingham is part of The Church of England whose mission is:- To proclaim the good news of the kingdom. To teach, baptise and nurture new believers. To respond to human need by loving service. To seek to transform unjust structures of society. To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain the life of the earth.

Objects

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Area of benefit: DERSINGHAM

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
£143k
Latest spending
£157k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are held in a deposit account and current accounts, with a stated policy to keep two months of running costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity forecasts a deficit of £12,000 for the upcoming year, indicating a challenging financial outlook despite recent building project completion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of running costs (held: £101k)
“It is the policy of the PCC to keep 2 months of running costs in unrestricted reserves” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“In October we set a budget for 2025 and forecast a deficit of £12,000, so we have a challenging year ahead.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£143k£157k
31/12/2024£229k£255k
31/12/2023£163k£142k
31/12/2022£136k£101k
31/12/2021£126k£108k

Common questions

Is Dersingham Parochial Church Council financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are held in a deposit account and current accounts, with a stated policy to keep two months of running costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity forecasts a deficit of £12,000 for the upcoming year, indicating a challenging financial outlook despite recent building project completion.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2006£5kConnection to Mains Sewer

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION1£7k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST1£5k

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 NICHOLAS, DUNNINGTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Dersingham Parochial Church Council£143k—0unclear—noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, DUNNINGTON FY2025£109k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, MARSTON FY2025£400k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, NOTTINGHAM FY2024£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICOLAS, NUNEATON FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. NICHOLAS, CRAMLINGTON FY2025£114k—0unclear—no doubt

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