THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDMUND, DARTFORD.

Registered charity 1132890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST EDMUND'S PCC, DARTFORD · filing overdue (register status)

Regular public worship open to all. The provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation. Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved. Teaching of Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. Promoting the whole mission of the Church through provision of activities for senior citizens, parents and toddlers.

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

Latest income
£144k
Latest spending
£135k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £153,037 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure as per their reserves policy. The charity reported an excess of receipts over payments of £8,700 for the year, indicating that it met all its financial commitments during 2024.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £153k)
“The PCC recognise that each church should always maintain sufficient ‘unrestricted’ funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to approximately three months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

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

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 20

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 29/10/2025, 363 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 02/05/2024, 184 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 13/12/2023, 408 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£144k£135k
31/12/2023£97k£106k
31/12/2022£74k£76k
31/12/2021£57k£55k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDMUND, DARTFORD. financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £153,037 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure as per their reserves policy. The charity reported an excess of receipts over payments of £8,700 for the year, indicating that it met all its financial commitments during 2024. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDMUND, DARTFORD.£144k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, DARTFORD FY2025£197k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST CHAD, BREWOOD FY2025£146k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTERTON ST ANDREW FY2025£692k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT EDMUND, CHINGFORD FY2025£129k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, PADDINGTON FY2025£36k——unclear—no doubt

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