THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COLEMAN'S HATCH HOLY TRINITY, EAST SUSSEX

Registered charity 1212906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLEMAN'S HATCH HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

Parochial Church Council for Holy Trinity Church, Coleman's Hatch is working to upkeep and maintain the mission of the church. This includes activities and maintenance of its church hall.

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.

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

Latest income

£61k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

2025

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is significantly distorted by the receipt of a generous bequest, and without it, the church operates at a deficit. Per the trustees' report, the unrestricted reserves stood at £418,569, down from £512,500 in the prior year, as expenditure on charitable activities exceeded income. The trustees emphasize the critical importance of maintaining substantial reserves to help reduce the ongoing annual deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 30

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

ANGELA SUSAN OGLE
CAROLINE JOAN PAYNE
CHARLES HENRY ROBIN MEYER
Dr Andrew Ian Spiers · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN JUSTUS VAN MAURIK
JONATHAN FRANCIS BRUCE · trustee of 1 other charity
LISA GIBBS-MURRAY
Paul Robert Edgar Double CVO · trustee of 4 other charities
SHEILA GLENYS VAN MAURIK

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£61k	£152k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COLEMAN'S HATCH HOLY TRINITY, EAST SUSSEX financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is significantly distorted by the receipt of a generous bequest, and without it, the church operates at a deficit. Per the trustees' report, the unrestricted reserves stood at £418,569, down from £512,500 in the prior year, as expenditure on charitable activities exceeded income. The trustees emphasize the critical importance of maintaining substantial reserves to help reduce the ongoing annual deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 COOKHAM.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY COOKHAM income £643k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, FAREHAM income £203k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, HILDERSHAM income £52k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, LEICESTER income £739k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, SOUTHPORT income £203k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, SKIPTON income £272k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF COLEMAN'S HATCH HOLY TRINITY, EAST SUSSEX	£61k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY COOKHAM FY2025	£643k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, FAREHAM FY2025	£203k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, HILDERSHAM FY2025	£52k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, LEICESTER FY2025	£739k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, SOUTHPORT FY2025	£203k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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