MARDEN PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Registered charity 1142437 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, MARDEN, KENT

Marden Parochial Church Council is the body empowered by the Canterbury Diocese to support the incumbent of St Michael & All Angels Church, Marden in the ministry of the Anglican Church in Marden. It is also responsible for safeguarding the fabric of the church and for overseeing the finances of the church by monitoring income and expenditure and the annual budget.

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

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

£169k

Latest spending

£201k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £32,037 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £78,998 to £46,961. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £30,595 at year-end, which the PCC considers sufficient to meet commitments and maintain its reserves policy target of approximately £30,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' unrestricted payments (approximately £30,000) (held: £31k)

“It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds equating to at least three months’ unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to approximately £30,000.” — page 12

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALI BONNEY
ANNE COX · trustee of 1 other charity
BRIAN WOODGATE
Dr Stephen Henry Meech · trustee of 2 other charities
Graham Clifford Codling · trustee of 1 other charity
Jan Collins
Janet Gowen-Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Jennifer Laura Smith
Jonathan Picken
Matt Young
Matthew Peter McMillan
Michael Arthur Springett
SANDRA BOURNE
Sarah Davies
Sian Burr
Stephen Leslie Newell

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£169k	£201k
31/12/2023	£172k	£154k
31/12/2022	£173k	£125k
31/12/2021	£134k	£156k
31/12/2020	£131k	£116k

Common questions

Is MARDEN PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £32,037 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £78,998 to £46,961. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £30,595 at year-end, which the PCC considers sufficient to meet commitments and maintain its reserves policy target of approximately £30,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.