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SHEPPEY EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1183796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a small friendly Christian church in Eastern Sheppey who meet together to worship God at 11.00 am each Sunday. We welcome anyone from the local community and holiday makers. We try to follow the example and teaching of Jesus Christ in our lives and seek to love others and make the world a better place.

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Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted and restricted cash assets totalled £30,827 at the end of the financial year. The Trustees' policy is to maintain unrestricted reserves sufficient for three months of unrestricted expenditure. An independent financial review confirmed that all financial records were accurate and up to date.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months unrestricted expenditure at current costs (held: £31k)
“The Trustees’ policy is to ensure that unrestricted reserves are sufficient for three months unrestricted expenditure at current costs.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The building and Manse are owned by the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion Trust (Charity No. 232674) and leased to the Church at a Peppercorn Rent.
“The Sheppey Evangelical Church building and the local Manse are owned by the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion Trust (Charity No. 232674) and leased to the Sheppey Evangelical Church at a Peppercorn Rent.”
“The previous Pastor and his wife have sole occupation of the Manse which is on the local estate in Warden Bay. Rent is paid monthly, and this is divided up between the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion and Sheppey Evangelical Church.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The previous Pastor and his wife occupy the Manse, with rent divided between the Connexion and the Church.
“The Sheppey Evangelical Church building and the local Manse are owned by the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion Trust (Charity No. 232674) and leased to the Sheppey Evangelical Church at a Peppercorn Rent.”
“The previous Pastor and his wife have sole occupation of the Manse which is on the local estate in Warden Bay. Rent is paid monthly, and this is divided up between the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion and Sheppey Evangelical Church.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£32k£24k
30/06/2024£22k£26k
30/06/2023£23k£19k
30/06/2022£12k£15k
30/06/2021£14k£15k

Common questions

Is SHEPPEY EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted and restricted cash assets totalled £30,827 at the end of the financial year. The Trustees' policy is to maintain unrestricted reserves sufficient for three months of unrestricted expenditure. An independent financial review confirmed that all financial records were accurate and up to date. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SHEPPEY EVANGELICAL CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHEPPEY EVANGELICAL CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CONNEXION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CONNEXIONFY2025£7kGrants