THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.AUGUSTINES, GILLINGHAM, KENT

Registered charity 1128481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST AUGUSTINES PCC GILLINGHAM KENT

The PCC is charged with caring for the worship of God, for one another, for the neighbourhood, for mission and outreach. It must exercise responsible stewardship for its property, finance and church activities. Our Mission Statement is - To know Jesus and to make Him known.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £30,387 for the year, driven largely by restricted grants covering the cost of a new Children's Worker. However, unrestricted funds suffered a loss of £7,758, and the charity has not made its required Parish Share payments to the Diocese, noting it can only remain financially viable without these payments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to meet its financial commitments as and when they fall due including a repairs fund (reserves figure: £136k)

“It is the policy of the PCC to maintain sufficient reserves to meet its financial commitments as and when they fall due including a repairs fund.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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: 55
Government income: £1,275 — contracts £400 (1), grants £875 (3); 1% of the £101,551 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 72
Government income: £8,940 — contracts £8,300 (2), grants £640 (3); 7% of the £124,172 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 85
Government income: £6,450 — contracts £5,250 (2), grants £1,200 (4); 7% of the £95,493 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Annmarie Chanel Harrison
Caroline Bubb
Christine Ann Hooper
Christine Curtis
Ephraim Kisangala
John Martin Harris
Lily Nwamaraihe
Lloyd Symes
Lucy Williams
Peter William Wareing
Precious Chukwuma
Rev Amanda Jane Maskell
Sheila McSherry
Trudie Jane Rhodes

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£102k	£71k
31/12/2024	£124k	£158k
31/12/2023	£95k	£103k
31/12/2022	£92k	£100k
31/12/2021	£64k	£101k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.AUGUSTINES, GILLINGHAM, KENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £30,387 for the year, driven largely by restricted grants covering the cost of a new Children's Worker. However, unrestricted funds suffered a loss of £7,758, and the charity has not made its required Parish Share payments to the Diocese, noting it can only remain financially viable without these payments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2019	£4k	St Augustines Community Project

Charities like this

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.AUGUSTINES, GILLINGHAM, KENT	£102k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AUGUSTINE BELVEDERE FY2025	£53k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AUGUSTINE'S, SCAYNES HILL FY2025	£96k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN AND ST LUKE, BILTON, HARROGATE FY2025	£307k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PATRICK, WALLINGTON FY2025	£351k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE & ST DENIS (MIDHURST) FY2025	£151k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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