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.

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Latest income
£784k
Latest spending
£816k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity manages various restricted funds for specific purposes such as bursaries, church restoration, and community projects. The filing notes that there were no related party transactions during the accounting period, contrasting with £6,000 in the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£784k
Total spending
£816k
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reserves (reported)
£96k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£784k£816k
31/12/2023£589k£544k
31/12/2022£455k£483k
31/12/2021£498k£597k
31/12/2020£550k£364k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HASTINGS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity manages various restricted funds for specific purposes such as bursaries, church restoration, and community projects. The filing notes that there were no related party transactions during the accounting period, contrasting with £6,000 in the previous year.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/10/2025£17kSafehaven
The National Lottery Community Fund02/08/2024£20kSafehaven
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/12/2023£5.0m"Holy Trinity Hastings: Heritage@HTH"
UK government08/03/2021£19kCRF21: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Hastings

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, SOUTHPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HASTINGS£784k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, SOUTHPORT FY2025£203k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HAZLEMERE FY2025£636k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT MARY FY2024£440k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY STAPLETON BRISTOL FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt
CALVARY CHAPEL HASTINGS LIMITED FY2025£124k——unclear—no doubt

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