SPALDING RECTORY FEOFFEES

Registered charity 509204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

payment of stipend to Vicar of Spalding and furthering the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the ecclesiastical parish of St Mary and St Nicolas Spalding

Objects

(1) FEOFFEES FIRST TO PAY A STIPEND TO THE VICAR OF SPALDING THAT WILL BE NO LESS THAN THE HIGHEST STIPEND USUALLY PAYABLE TO CLERGY (NOT BEING BISHOPS, ARCHDEACONS OR THE DEAN) WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF LINCOLN WITH THE FEOFFEES (SUBJECT THERETO) HAVING DISCRETION AS TO THE AMOUNT OF THE STIPEND TO BE PAID FROM TIME TO TIME; AND THEN(2) APPLY THE RESIDUE OF THE INCOME TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OR ENGLAND IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Area of benefit: THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY AND ST. NICOLAS, SPALDING

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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Registered contact address: South Holland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£100k
Latest spending
£99k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £372 for the year ended 5th April 2025, compared to a net expenditure in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains free reserves of at least six months of operating expenses to meet working capital requirements. The total unrestricted funds carried forward were £4,017,430, indicating a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating expenses (reserves figure: £4.0m)
“the Trustees maintain within free reserves a minimum amount of not less than six months operating expenses.”
Per its FY2025 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 18/02/2024, 13 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 14/02/2023, 9 days after the 05/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£100k£99k
05/04/2024£90k£93k
05/04/2023£84k£93k
05/04/2022£85k£101k
05/04/2021£90k£108k

Common questions

Is SPALDING RECTORY FEOFFEES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £372 for the year ended 5th April 2025, compared to a net expenditure in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains free reserves of at least six months of operating expenses to meet working capital requirements. The total unrestricted funds carried forward were £4,017,430, indicating a strong financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SPALDING MEMORIAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPALDING RECTORY FEOFFEES£100k—0above—no doubt
THE SPALDING MEMORIAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. PAUL'S, FURZEDOWN FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt
SPALDING GENTLEMEN'S SOCIETY FY2025£796k—0unclear—no doubt
SPALDING RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
FIELDNOTES FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt

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