THE BEACON CHURCH HERNE BAY

Registered charity 1052692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BEACON CHURCH

Religious activities

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE BEACON CHURCH HERNE BAY.

Area of benefit: HERNE BAY

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: Canterbury, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£90k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £8,953 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with net assets totaling £310,139. The trustees expect to support essential activities through careful management despite the loss. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties noted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The reserve fund of £5000 includes an allowance to cover any possible staff redundancy. (reserves figure: £5k)

“The reserve fund of £5000 includes an allowance to cover any possible staff redundancy.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £500 — contracts £500 (2); under 1% of the £80,684 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

Volunteers: 25
Government income: £250 — contracts £250 (1); under 1% of the £83,865 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £225 — contracts £225 (1); under 1% of the £83,523 total gross income on the same return

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Beverley Jane Cooke
John Way · trustee of 2 other charities
Paul Victor Chandler
Pauline Diana Szczerbicki
Peter George Stanley

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£81k	£90k
31/05/2024	£84k	£92k
31/05/2023	£84k	£73k
31/05/2022	£64k	£67k
31/05/2021	£59k	£62k

Common questions

Is THE BEACON CHURCH HERNE BAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £8,953 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with net assets totaling £310,139. The trustees expect to support essential activities through careful management despite the loss. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties noted. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, SEVENOAKS	1	£14k
THE SOLA TRUST	1	£5k
GOSPEL PARTNERS TRUST	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST NEW BOROUGH AND LEIGH, WIMBORNE	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BEACON CHURCH CAMBERLEY.

THE BEACON CHURCH CAMBERLEY income £513k
HERNE BAY BAPTIST CHURCH income £114k
BEACON CHURCH HAVANT income £263k
BEACON TRUST income £7k
HARROW BAPTIST CHURCH income £179k
EBENEZER GOSPEL CENTRE income £119k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BEACON CHURCH HERNE BAY	£81k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE BEACON CHURCH CAMBERLEY FY2025	£513k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HERNE BAY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEACON CHURCH HAVANT FY2026	£263k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BEACON TRUST FY2025	£7k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARROW BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£179k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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