HOLY TRINITY SOUTH CHATHAM

Registered charity 1135416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HTSC

The churches of the charity celebrate public worship; teach the Christian faith; engage with the local community through mission, evangelism and social outreach; pastoral care including visiting the sick and bereaved; and the provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community.

Objects

The purpose of the Charity is to advance the Christian faith in the Area of Benefit in accordance with the principles and practices of the Participating Churches. In achieving its purpose, the Charity will engage in a range of activities, either on its own or with others, including (but not restricted to):a) the celebration of public worship; b) the teaching of the Christian faith; c) mission and evangelism; d) pastoral work, including visiting the sick and the bereaved; e) the provision of facilities with a Christian ethos for the local community, including (but not restricted to) the elderly, the young and other groups with special needs; and f) the support of other charities in the UK and overseas.

Area of benefit: THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY SOUTH CHATHAM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Parish incurred a deficit of £1,206 in 2025, resulting in a cumulative deficit balance of £1,640 carried forward into 2026. Despite this, the Trustees consider the financial position sustainable and maintain free reserves sufficient to meet between two and three months of unrestricted 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev David Alexander Kichensidechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Debbie Oliver
• Donald Vincent Lawrence
• Dr Julian Spinks
• Henry Mead
• Ina Frances Hanford
• Jean Lillian Bassett
• MARK SALTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Ann Ruby
• Robert Michael Young
• Robert Tarrant
• Sylvia Jeanette Wrigglesworth · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Common questions