HARTFIELD CHURCH TRUST

Registered charity 279603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supports St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hartfield. Pays expenses to the rector of Hartfield. Supports Hartfield St. Mary the Virgin School.

Objects

FOR PROMOTING, AIDING AND FURTHERING THE OBJECTS AND WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE PARISH OF HARTFIELD. FOR DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 3 OF TRUST DEED DATED 18TH FEBRUARY 1980.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HARTFELD

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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Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£23k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total assets of £620,737 with no outstanding liabilities at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that total receipts were £16,934, while grants made to the PCC totaled £19,000. The reserve policy is to invest funds to ensure income is sufficient to meet support costs, although exceptional circumstances may allow drawing on investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: income from investments sufficient to meet costs (held: £621k)
“It is the Trustees policy to invest the Trust’s funds to ensure that the income received from those investments over a period of me is more than sufficient to meet the cost of suppor ng St Mary the Virgin, Har ield” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£26k£23k
05/04/2024£16k£18k
05/04/2023£15k£43k
05/04/2022£15k£16k
05/04/2021£14k£18k

Common questions

Is HARTFIELD CHURCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total assets of £620,737 with no outstanding liabilities at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that total receipts were £16,934, while grants made to the PCC totaled £19,000. The reserve policy is to invest funds to ensure income is sufficient to meet support costs, although exceptional circumstances may allow drawing on investments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.