THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN SWANLEY

Registered charity 1133939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. MARY'S PCC SWANLEY, THE PARCOHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN SWANLEY

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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.

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Registered contact address: Sevenoaks, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£62k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income of £48,670 was insufficient to cover expenditure of £61,580, resulting in a net deficit of £12,910 for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £99,706 comfortably exceeded their stated policy target of approximately £4,200. The charity relies entirely on voluntary gifts and receives no government or local council funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' worth of basic running expenses (reserves figure: £100k)

“The Council believes it should have around three months’ worth of basic running expenses in reserve which in 2025 equated to approximately £4,200” — page 9

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
Risk management
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

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 14

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

Volunteers: 11

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

Volunteers: 5

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTINE PARKES
ELAINE LYDIA FITZSIMONS
FATHER DANE BATLEY - GLADDEN
Holly Attwood
Janet Kitchener
KEVIN JOHN MERRICK
LARREE LLOYD
RUTH COVE
SANDRA JUNE MERRICK
Valerie Beatrice Margaret Parker

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£49k	£62k
31/12/2024	£46k	£64k
31/12/2023	£55k	£50k
31/12/2022	£80k	£76k
31/12/2021	£69k	£72k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN SWANLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income of £48,670 was insufficient to cover expenditure of £61,580, resulting in a net deficit of £12,910 for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £99,706 comfortably exceeded their stated policy target of approximately £4,200. The charity relies entirely on voluntary gifts and receives no government or local council funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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, BLETCHINGLEY.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY income £124k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, CAMBERLEY income £354k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY HORNSEY RISE income £293k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE THE MARTYR, SHIRLEY income £122k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER BROCKLEY income £806k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY COGGES income £474k

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 ST. MARY THE VIRGIN SWANLEY	£49k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY FY2025	£124k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAULS, CAMBERLEY FY2025	£354k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY HORNSEY RISE FY2025	£293k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE THE MARTYR, SHIRLEY FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER BROCKLEY FY2025	£806k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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