Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE BLESSED VIRGIN, PLYMPTON

We are the Parish Church for Plympton St Mary. We provide facilities for the use of local organisations, for example our church's Plympton Foodbank and other Community Groups(for the elderly, Sports /Health/ children's groups). The clergy provide pastoral care for the local community and beyond. We also provide financial support for both religious and secular charities at home and abroad.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£148£188£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£152£165£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£97£157£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£134£150£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19*£166£257£-91n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£371£111£260n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£151£152£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£152£147£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£149£160£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£170£184£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£163£176£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£146£197£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£148£153£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£233£139£94n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£140£134£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.achurchnearyou.com/church/9179

stmarysplympton@gmail.com

01752 348525

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Plymouth City,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Plympton Foodbank
£5,000 13/10/2022
Emergency grant

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLAIRE-LOUISE JOURNEAUX Appointed: 2015
  • JANE LOIS BANBURY Appointed: 2019
  • KEITH RONALD PETER ESCOTT Appointed: 2020
  • MAVIS BUTTLE Appointed: 2014
  • MICHAEL WYN LEWIS Appointed: 2016
  • MR IAN ANDREW DUCKWORTH Appointed: 2013
  • MRS LYUDMILA COLLIER Appointed: 2013
  • MORGAN ROBERT CHARLES LEWIS Appointed: 2022
  • PHILIP JOHN SMITH Appointed: 2013
  • RODGER RUSE Appointed: 2014
  • RACHEL ESTHER HARRISON-FRENCH Appointed: 2024
  • RICHARD HINTON WAKERELL Appointed: 2019
  • ROBERT JOHN HARRISON Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2009, number: 1128769
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR19: 26 days late,
Main office

St. Marys Church
10 Market Road
PLYMOUTH
PL7 1QW

Objectives

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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