THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH GILLINGHAM

Registered charity 1130544 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF SOUTH GILLINGHAM

CHURCH OF ENGLAND

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) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£397k
Latest spending
£284k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net movement in funds of a deficit of £6,500, resulting in total net assets of £239,435. The trustees report that the parish is in interregnum and notes financial challenges, including a predicted overspend for the following year, but confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary Income (69% of income)
“Voluntary Income 268,918” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Whilst it has not been possible for individual Churches to attain such reserves at this time, such a policy remains the target.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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.

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: 40

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

  • Volunteers: 40

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

  • Volunteers: 20

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£397k£284k
31/12/2024£292k£336k
31/12/2023£266k£240k
31/12/2022£264k£277k
31/12/2021£270k£289k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH GILLINGHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net movement in funds of a deficit of £6,500, resulting in total net assets of £239,435. The trustees report that the parish is in interregnum and notes financial challenges, including a predicted overspend for the following year, but confirms that resources are adequate to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUCCLECOTE, ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH GILLINGHAM£397k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HUCCLECOTE, ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES FY2025£163k—0below—no doubt
HATHERLEIGH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CLEMENT, SANDWICH FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHITNASH FY2025£197k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, SHAMLEY GREEN FY2025£102k—0above—no doubt

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