THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HASTINGS

Registered charity 1163737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HTH CHURCH, Holy Trinity PCC Hastings

Worship and service in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the fulfilment of God's purposes in the town centre of Hastings.

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.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £299,359 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds carried forward of £510,123. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £114,202 exceed the stated policy target of between £80,000 and £95,000. The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Simon George Larkinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BERYL Oliver · trustee of 1 other charity
• EDWARD SIBERY KNOLLES GOSNELL
• Emma Elizabeth Kersey
• Graham John Pascoe Seaton
• James Mark Haley
• James Septimus Keeling
• Jeremy Hocking · trustee of 1 other charity
• Natassja Garner
• Neil Christopher Grover
• Philippa Sylvia Grace Fishlock · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachael Alexandra Talbot
• Richard Andrew Catley
• Temidire Oyinkansola Odesanya
• Yetunde Aisha Yusuf

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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Side by side with its peers

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