THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN WITH HOLY CROSS, CANTERBURY

Registered charity 1140343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST DUNSTAN'S PCC, CANTERBURY

1. Promotes the mission of the church in the parish; pastoral, social, ecumenical.2. Involves members of the parish in worship at the church, and in being part of the comunity of St Dunstans.3. Raises funds to maintain the fabric of the church (a grade 1 listed building) and the church hall.4. Supports charitable activities both within and outside the parish.

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£184k
Latest spending
£98k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating surplus of £85,331 for the year, with total receipts of £183,736 against total expenditures of £98,405. Unrestricted reserves stood at £289,271, which the trustees note is within their stated policy target of maintaining between twelve and twenty-four months of unrestricted payments. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters requiring attention were identified in the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary income (30% of income)
“Voluntary income 104,401” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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: 5

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

  • Volunteers: 41

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£184k£98k
31/12/2024£176k£110k
31/12/2023£111k£90k
31/12/2022£92k£101k
31/12/2021£81k£84k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN WITH HOLY CROSS, CANTERBURY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating surplus of £85,331 for the year, with total receipts of £183,736 against total expenditures of £98,405. Unrestricted reserves stood at £289,271, which the trustees note is within their stated policy target of maintaining between twelve and twenty-four months of unrestricted payments. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters requiring attention were identified in the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2025£20kSt Dunstan's Church Hall toilet refirbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2019£2kLoft insulation for St Dunstans Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2011£8kNew floor for St.Dunstan's Church Hall

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN WITH HOLY CROSS, CANTERBURY£184k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN, MONKS RISBOROUGH FY2025£112k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN AND ALL SAINTS, STEPNEY FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH BARNSTON FY2025£225k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN WITH ST THOMAS, EAST ACTON FY2025£201k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN-AT-HAMPSTEAD FY2025£435k—0above—no doubt

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