THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE WITH ALL SAINTS. HAWKHURST

Registered charity 1134439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LAURENCE PCC, HAWKHURST

The promotion of the whole mission of the Church in the parish of Hawkhurst and maintaining St Laurence Church through a range of services on both Sundays and during the week. As well as the regular services, which all are welcome to attend the Church is open every day for anyone to enter for private prayer and contemplation.

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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Latest income

£128k

Latest spending

£134k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £11,970 against total income of £149,143. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £3,613, which is below the stated policy target of six months' unrestricted payments. The charity holds significant restricted funds and investments, but its unrestricted cash position is low relative to its policy goals.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary receipts (58% of income)

“Voluntary receipts 91,850” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4k; policy: approximately six months’ unrestricted payments)

“However, even if the Parish Share was not taken into consideration our unrestricted reserves would not have covered this at the year end.”

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON PATRICIA PARSONS · trustee of 1 other charity
Dorothy Elizabeth Lesley Hatcher · trustee of 1 other charity
Elixzabeth Claire Roberts · trustee of 1 other charity
FELICITY MARY ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Jane Cooper · trustee of 2 other charities
KENT GRAHAM HARRIES · trustee of 1 other charity
Kwame Appiah-Peprah · trustee of 1 other charity
LYNN PATRICIA MANSELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Lydia Henriette Klein · trustee of 1 other charity
Nana Twym-Ampofo · trustee of 1 other charity
Norma Jean Crowe
PETER MURRAY WYLLIE · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Louise Lindop · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen Ringer · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Diane Ma

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£128k	£134k
31/12/2023	£131k	£127k
31/12/2022	£145k	£134k
31/12/2021	£123k	£121k
31/12/2020	£121k	£117k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE WITH ALL SAINTS. HAWKHURST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £11,970 against total income of £149,143. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £3,613, which is below the stated policy target of six months' unrestricted payments. The charity holds significant restricted funds and investments, but its unrestricted cash position is low relative to its policy goals. Its FY2024 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	16/05/2024	£5k	Toilet upgrade to church

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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 LAURENCE WITH ALL SAINTS. HAWKHURST	£128k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. ILLOGAN FY2024	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS' STOCK HARVARD FY2024	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL HALLOWS BY THE TOWER WITH ST. DUNSTAN'S IN THE EAST, LONDON FY2024	£690k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST THE SERVANT KING, HIGH WYCOMBE FY2025	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN'S, WHEATHAMPSTEAD AND ST PETER'S, GUSTARD WOOD FY2025	£242k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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