THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICE (OR PARISH) OF FOLKESTONE, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST

Registered charity 1134652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S PCC, FOLKESTONE, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, FOLKESTONE

Regular public worship open to all. Pastoral work, including visting the sick and the bereaved. Teaching Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. The provision of childrens and youth activities as well as activities for senior citizens, all with a Christian ethos.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £287,750 from £255,487 in the prior year, while total expenditure rose to £278,987 from £234,761. Free reserves stood at £68,921, which the trustees report is equivalent to 4.02 months of working capital, sitting within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure.

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 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
• 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Forrest
• Elizabeth Lockwood
• Heather Brazier
• JOANNE BRADFORD
• James Taylor
• John Richard Burgess
• PETER Charles Edwards
• Sheila Fawcett
• Shirley O'Neill
• Steve Hyde
• Timothy John William Gosden
• Vani Nadarajah
• William Wright

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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