ST MARY'S LENHAM PCC

Registered charity 1205196 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of St Marys include services of Christian worship and bible study. We also offer a food bank, a weekly drop-in coffee morning, a drop-in toddler area, and a quiet place for contemplation. The church is located on the Pilgrims Way and attracts visitors from around the world.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the PCC recorded a loss on the year of £325.71, noting that the apparent surplus was affected by large sums passing through for grants. The document highlights a significant cumulative debt to Canterbury of over £94,000 and an inability to pay the requested Parish Share, indicating financial strain despite ring-fenced funds for specific projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Richard Parfett
• Frank David Bradshaw
• Gillian Ann Simes · trustee of 1 other charity
• JONATHAN PETER HOLLAND
• JULIA MARGARET THOMSETT
• Jaquilyn Hascombe-Brook
• Karen Suzanne Jeanette Bates
• Margaret Baldwin
• NICHOLAS LONG
• Sharon Ann Prior · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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