Friends of High Weald Churches

Registered charity 1133172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF PENSHURST CHURCH

Friends of Penshurst Church aims to raise funds to maintain, repair, protect, restore, improve and reconstruct the fabric of St John the BaptistÔÇÖs Church, Penshurst, including its monuments, fixtures, fittings, furniture, stained glass or chattels and its churchyard for the benefit of the public.

Objects

The objects of the association are, by contribution, to maintain, repair, protect, restore, improve and reconstruct the fabric of all the churches in the benefice being:St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst,All Souls Chapel, Poundsbridge,St. Peter’s Church, Fordcombe,St. Mary the Virgin Church, Chiddingstone, andSt. Luke’s Church, Chiddingstone Causeway,including their monuments, fixtures, fittings, furniture, stained glass or chattels and their churchyard (collectively referred to hereafter as “the High Weald Churches”) for the benefit of the public; to encourage public interest and education in, and use of, the historic Church buildings.The association recognises that the Joint Council of the Benefice of Penshurst, Fordcombe and the Chiddingstone Churches (the “Joint Council”) is the body responsible for the care and maintenance of the fabric of the High Weald Churches and has ultimate control of all works done within and upon them.

Area of benefit: PENSHURST

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a sound financial position at the end of the period. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £80,314, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover the likely future costs of achieving its objects. There are no stated uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Lloyd
• DAVID LOUGH
• ELIZABETH WOOLMAN
• MARY CHRISTINE ROSE
• SIMON ROBERT CROOKENDEN
• STEPHEN JOHN HAZELL-SMITH

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

Operates in: Kent

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Government & lottery funding

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