THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST UPPER ST LEONARDS ON SEA

Registered charity 1132339 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST UPPER ST LEONARD'S PCC

Regular public worship open to all. Promotion of Christianity. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work and teaching through sermons, courses and small groups. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas.

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: Hastings, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£118k

Latest spending

£147k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £146,968, with voluntary receipts comprising the majority at £80,445. Total payments amounted to £146,011, resulting in a net movement in funds of £104,328. The charity holds total assets of £103,369, consisting primarily of cash funds and an investment fund bond.

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 3 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 30

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

Volunteers: 30

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

Volunteers: 65

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev DAVID ROYSTON HILLchair
ALAN PRIVETT
Andrew Charles Crighton · trustee of 2 other charities
EDWARD JAMES TOWNER · trustee of 1 other charity
Jenny Barfoot
Kathleen Madeline Harper
Lesley Ann Crighton
Mike Turnbull
Patina Blankson
Sally Waters
Veronica Elizabeth Allen
Veronica Louise Spice · 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	£118k	£147k
31/12/2024	£133k	£154k
31/12/2023	£126k	£178k
31/12/2022	£153k	£161k
31/12/2021	£126k	£122k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST UPPER ST LEONARDS ON SEA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £146,968, with voluntary receipts comprising the majority at £80,445. Total payments amounted to £146,011, resulting in a net movement in funds of £104,328. The charity holds total assets of £103,369, consisting primarily of cash funds and an investment fund bond. 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	09/10/2019	£10k	Operation Community Kitchen!

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 JOHN THE EVANGELIST UPPER ST LEONARDS ON SEA	£118k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LEONARDS ON SEA, ST LEONARD AND ST ETHELBURGA FY2025	£117k	—	0	above	3.2%	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY CHOLSEY FY2025	£164k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN WITH SAINT JAMES, WEST EALING FY2025	£397k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS, SOUTH CAVE FY2025	£168k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN & ST NICHOLAS FY2025	£138k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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