THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUXTED AND HADLOW DOWN

Registered charity 1130925 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARISH OF BUXTED AND HADLOW DOWN

Religious activities

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.

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Latest income

£124k

Latest spending

£122k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a slight surplus and unrestricted reserves of £29,711, which the trustees consider to exceed their policy target of three months of revenue expenditure. The trustees note uncertainty over future revenue streams but confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £2,161.00 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Trustee payments and expenses: The PCC supported the incumbent by paying £2,161.00 (2023- £1992). No payments were made to other PCC members.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of revenue expenditure and known commitments in the medium term (held: £30k)

“The PCC’s policy is to ensure that sufficient reserves are held to cover three months of revenue expenditure and known commitments in the medium term” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: The PCC supported the incumbent by paying £2,161.00

“Trustee payments and expenses: The PCC supported the incumbent by paying £2,161.00 (2023- £1992). No payments were made to other PCC members.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTHONY JOHN ARRATOON · trustee of 1 other charity
Alison Ledward
JANET TOURELL · trustee of 2 other charities
JOHN IVOR WINSTON THORPE
John Martin Thorndike Shaw BA Law · trustee of 1 other charity
Justin Garner Roberts
Lesley Watson
Lorna Dobson
Margaret Rhoda Scott
Paul Mark Dillon-Robinson · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Peter Liam Molloy · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Deborah Vivienne Willmott · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£124k	£122k
31/12/2024	£122k	£122k
31/12/2023	£139k	£157k
31/12/2022	£146k	£153k
31/12/2021	£170k	£154k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUXTED AND HADLOW DOWN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a slight surplus and unrestricted reserves of £29,711, which the trustees consider to exceed their policy target of three months of revenue expenditure. The trustees note uncertainty over future revenue streams but confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BUXTED AND HADLOW DOWN earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £2,161.00 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/09/2018	£10k	"Remembering our Heroes"
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/10/2015	£10k	St Marks Community Hub