THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, SEVENOAKS

Registered charity 1127331 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LUKE'S PCC, SEVENOAKS

St. Lukes PCC has the responsibility for co-operating with the Reverend Anne Bourne, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical. It also has maintenance responsibilities for the Church Centre complex of St. Lukes which is available to the community in general.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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

Latest income

£133k

Latest spending

£122k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £284 for the year, reducing its unrestricted fund balance to £562,007. The trustees' policy is to retain the equivalent of at least twelve months of net operating costs, a target which the current reserves significantly exceed. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve months net operating costs (reserves figure: £562k)

“It is therefore the intention to retain the equivalent of at least twelve months net operating costs.”

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 50
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 40
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 40

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Rev ANNE CLARE BOURNEchair
ANTHONY FREDERICK ADAMS
Elizabeth Clark
Elizabeth Peters
Ian Bourne
Jean Anne Picton-Bentley
LAURENCE PEARCE
Nicholas Donaldson
Peter Fleming
Rev Andrew David Finn
Rev Mark Stephen Brigden
Robin Simpson

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£133k	£122k
31/12/2024	£129k	£117k
31/12/2023	£126k	£118k
31/12/2022	£95k	£112k
31/12/2021	£82k	£114k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, SEVENOAKS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £284 for the year, reducing its unrestricted fund balance to £562,007. The trustees' policy is to retain the equivalent of at least twelve months of net operating costs, a target which the current reserves significantly exceed. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, SEVENOAKS	£133k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HEDGE END ST LUKE FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Beccles with Worlingham, North Cove & Barnby FY2025	£192k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKES REDCLIFFE GARDENS FY2025	£230k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE'S CHURCH, SWAY FY2025	£166k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, WIMBLEDON PARK FY2025	£257k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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