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of the charity. PCCs with income of more than £100,000 must register with the
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considers the legal duty of a PCC – to promote "the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical" – to be charitable, so all PCCs have charitable purposes, regardless of whether they are registered with the
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of parishes, which had not been transferred to civil local authorities were transferred to PCCs by the
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