ST. MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

Registered charity 1166921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. MARGARET'S PCC

Promoting, within the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church , pastoral, evangelical, social and ecumenical.

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£65k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus of £6,779 and unrestricted reserves of £81,795.98, but the trustees report a challenging financial outlook due to lost income from a mast removal and a significant shortfall in Parish Share payments. The charity explicitly notes it remains vulnerable to meeting basic running costs if income falls further and has no fall-back for large unexpected costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £82k; policy: a modest balance in the General Fund to cover current expenses)
“The £66,822 held in the main and deposit accounts is all that we have to cover all running costs. We have no contingency or fabric Funds.”
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.

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£65k£54k
31/12/2024£54k£46k
31/12/2023£317k£280k
31/12/2022£98k£218k
31/12/2021£56k£106k

Common questions

Is ST. MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus of £6,779 and unrestricted reserves of £81,795.98, but the trustees report a challenging financial outlook due to lost income from a mast removal and a significant shortfall in Parish Share payments. The charity explicitly notes it remains vulnerable to meeting basic running costs if income falls further and has no fall-back for large unexpected costs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.