THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HOVE

Registered charity 1146416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S HOVE PCC

St John the Baptist Hove is a Church of England Parish Church that seeks to enable people to live out their Christian faith as part of our parish community through: Worship, prayer and discipleship, provision of pastoral care for people in the parishand missionary and outreach work.

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
£64k
Latest spending
£85k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £15,745 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £94,492 to £78,747. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £15,263 in cash plus £60,925 in designated funds, against a policy target of approximately four months' worth of unrestricted payments. The charity remains solvent with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately four months’ worth of unrestricted payments (held: £76k)
“It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance of general unrestricted funds which equates to approximately four months’ worth of unrestricted payments to ensure continued financial security and to provide for contingencies.” — page 7
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

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£64k£85k
31/12/2024£78k£94k
31/12/2023£65k£60k
31/12/2022£66k£55k
31/12/2021£53k£35k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HOVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £15,745 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £94,492 to £78,747. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £15,263 in cash plus £60,925 in designated funds, against a policy target of approximately four months' worth of unrestricted payments. The charity remains solvent with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.