THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF TRINITY IN LEWES

Registered charity 1131526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S PCC, SOUTHOVER, LEWES, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN'S THE BAPTIST, SOUTHOVER, TRINITY CHURCH LEWES

Religious Activities

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£556k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £21,181 for the year ended 31 December 2023, resulting in net assets of £1,072,099. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves were substantially higher than the stated policy target due to a legacy and property sale, although the 2024 budget forecasts a further deficit of approximately £60,000.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of budgeted general fund payments plus an additional one month of salary costs as a contingency against unforeseen situations; a provision for maintenance with a target of £100,000 (held: £1.0m)

“1. Approximately three months of budgeted general fund payments plus an additional one month of salary costs as a contingency against unforeseen situations. 2. A provision for the maintenance of the fabric of the church to meet costs arising every five years following the Church Architect’s Quinquennial inspection of the buildings (estimated at £10,000 per annum). The target is to build a reserve of £100,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Anita — Rector (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£556k

Cost of raising funds

£12k

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~35.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Amelia Murphy
Anita Carolyn Colpus · trustee of 1 other charity
Annette Rose Melville
Christine Marjorie Angell
Elizabeth Caroline Kaye
Gareth Jones
Helen Frances Parkyns
Henry Foster
JANETTE ANN WATKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
John Warburton Jardine
Jonathan Lamb
Martin Pett
Rev Jeremy John Bamber · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Paul Boulter
SANDRA DENTON
Timothy William Telford

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.2m	£556k
31/12/2023	£448k	£475k
31/12/2022	£572k	£450k
31/12/2021	£684k	£452k
31/12/2020	£447k	£470k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF TRINITY IN LEWES financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £21,181 for the year ended 31 December 2023, resulting in net assets of £1,072,099. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves were substantially higher than the stated policy target due to a legacy and property sale, although the 2024 budget forecasts a further deficit of approximately £60,000. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUST	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LUKE'S, WEST HOLLOWAY, LONDON	1	£143

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LEWISHAM.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LEWISHAM income £106k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH HOLY TRINITY income £2.7m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HUGH, LEWSEY income £172k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LECHLADE income £467k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, RUDGWICK income £269k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, LEICESTER income £739k

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 TRINITY IN LEWES	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, LEWISHAM FY2024	£106k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH HOLY TRINITY FY2025	£2.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HUGH, LEWSEY FY2025	£172k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LECHLADE FY2025	£467k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, RUDGWICK FY2025	£269k	—	above	—	no doubt

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