THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BURGESS HILL (DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER)

Registered charity 1131284 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST ANDREW'S PCC, BURGESS HILL

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £149,151 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by a £221,000 transfer from The Highmead Christian Foundation. The trustees confirm that the unrestricted cash reserve of £161,884 is sufficient to cover three months of unrestricted payments, and they expect to have sufficient cash flow to continue paying bills as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev William Kempchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Amanda Hanlon
• Andrew Sherlock
• Dale Marklew
• Ian Porter
• James Allen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jean Cooke
• John Lumley
• Julienne Lazell
• Margaret Kay
• Michael Awuye
• Philip Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Gareth Harper
• Sheila Smith
• Susan Gumbrell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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