THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, SHOREHAM BEACH

Registered charity 1213732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COGS, SHOREHAM BEACH

The Church of the Good Shepherd on Shoreham Beach is a vibrant Anglican church providing public worship, pastoral care, and a community space and the church is open every day. We are dedicated to supporting the local community and we aim to give ten percent of our income to charity. The church is part of the Eco Church Awards scheme and has reached bronze and is working towards silver.

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: Adur, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Parochial Church Council ended the year with a small surplus of approximately £3,000, describing it as a recovery year following major expenses in the previous period. The filing notes that mission giving exceeded £8,300 and ministry costs paid to the Diocese totaled £50,860. No specific unrestricted reserve balance is disclosed in the provided text, only a general policy to retain sufficient funds for maintenance and working capital.

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 2 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Jane Louise Bartlettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amy Coke
• Catherine Anne Collingwood
• Catherine mann
• Christine May Diebel
• David John Worrall
• Dominic James Elton
• Gian Elizabeth Tondeur
• Hilary Frances Jolly
• Jennifer Mary Stride
• Joanne Edwards
• KAY FRANCES HAFFENDEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• LESLEY JANE WARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• LOUISE JANE DURRANT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Niki Cuthell
• SARAH ANN EXCELL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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