CHARITY FOR THE REPARATION OF THE CHURCH AND SUSTENTATION OF THE POOR (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ARCHER, PEARCE AND JEAME'S CHARITY)

Registered charity 220487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CLIFFE FEOFFEES

For the reparation of St Thomas a Becket church at Cliffe, Lewes and the sustentation of the poor of the parishes of St Thomas-a-Becket, Cliffe and All Saints, St Anne, Trinity in Lewes, and St Michael, Lewes.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE(1) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE PARISH OF ST THOMAS À BECKET, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING THE FABRIC OF THE CHURCH; AND(2) THE RELIEF, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE:(A) IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR POVERTY; AND(B) RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(3) THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE PEOPLE IN NEED BY:(A) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM; OR(B) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; OR(C) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OF BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO PEOPLE IN NEED.(4) IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN NEED WHO ARE:(A) RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT; OR(B) ONLY TEMPORARILY RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: CLIFFE PARISH LEWES

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of resources of £31,493 for the year, driven by increased charitable expenditure that exceeded income. However, the trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, supported by significant investment gains of £46,036 which helped increase total reserves to £1,187,035.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN GLYN ELLIS EDWARDSchair
• JOHN GUIDO ALDO CLARK
• Jonathan David Marshall
• MERLIN MILNER
• MICHAEL CARRUTHERS JOHNSTONE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MILES ANTHONY JENNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Judith Egar
• SUSAN MARGARET HAMMOND

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

Operates in: East Sussex

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