THE FRIENDS OF KENT CHURCHES — grant history
Latest income
£223k
Grants listed (FY2025)
38
Listed grants total
£179k
Accounts grants total
£125k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: An application form is available by clicking on “What do we need to do to apply for a FKC grant?” below. Please note that any grant offered will not be paid unless the applying church is itself an independent member of Friends of Kent Churches.
- Deadlines: Applications should be sent to the secretary by email if possible, otherwise by post, to the Secretary – see Contacts – by 1st May or 1st November.
- What they don’t fund: The following are excluded: Work that has already started. Reordering, redecorating (except where required as a result of grantable work) and major new facilities projects. Bells, clocks and organs. Churchyards and churchyard walls, except for monuments of special importance and works to paths, steps, and handrails in the churchyard necessary to facilitate access to the church, including disabled access.
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone | FY2025 | £15k | Union Street Methodists |
| Biddenden | FY2025 | £15k | All Saints |
| Kilndown | FY2025 | £12k | Christ Church |
| Folkestone | FY2025 | £8k | St Peter |
| Dartford | FY2025 | £8k | Methodist |
| Lenham | FY2025 | £8k | St Mary |
| Preston-next-Faversham | FY2025 | £7k | St Catherine |
| Broadstairs | FY2025 | £6k | St Peter in Thanet |
| Folkestone | FY2025 | £6k | St John the Baptist |
| Lamorbey (Sidcup) | FY2025 | £6k | Holy Redeemer |
| Ruckinge | FY2025 | £5k | St Mary Magdalene |
| Hartley | FY2025 | £5k | St Francis de Sales |
| Chatham | FY2025 | £5k | St John |
| Erith | FY2025 | £5k | Christ Church |
| Paddlesworth | FY2025 | £5k | St Oswald |
| Ide Hill | FY2025 | £4k | St Mary |
| Bredhurst | FY2025 | £4k | St Peter |
| Woodchurch | FY2025 | £4k | All Saints |
| Sandhurst | FY2025 | £4k | St Nicholas |
| Higham | FY2025 | £4k | Congregational Church |
| Iwade | FY2025 | £4k | All Saints |
| Chislet | FY2025 | £3k | St Mary |
| Goodnestone | FY2025 | £3k | Holy Cross |
| Sevington | FY2025 | £3k | St Mary |
| Staplehurst | FY2025 | £3k | Free Church |
| Yalding | FY2025 | £3k | SS Peter & Paul |
| Appledore | FY2025 | £3k | St Peter |
| Halstead | FY2025 | £3k | St Margaret |
| Tunbridge Wells | FY2025 | £3k | St Philip |
| Chart Sutton | FY2025 | £3k | St Michael & All Angels |
| Halstead | FY2025 | £2k | St Margaret |
| Smeeth | FY2025 | £2k | St Mary the Virgin |
| Hernhill | FY2025 | £2k | St Michael |
| Cranbrook | FY2025 | £2k | St Dunstan |
| Thanington | FY2025 | £2k | St Nicholas |
| Coxheath | FY2025 | £2k | Holy Trinity |
| Hamstreet | FY2025 | £2k | Church of the Good Shepherd |
| Maidstone | FY2025 | £1k | The Vine |
| Canterbury All Saints | FY2024 | £15k | Preservation of churches |
| Sutton-at-Hone St John the Baptist | FY2024 | £10k | Preservation of churches |
| Staplehurst All Saints | FY2024 | £10k | Preservation of churches |
| Folkestone Harbour Church | FY2024 | £10k | Preservation of churches |
| Ruckinge St Mary Magdalene | FY2024 | £10k | Preservation of churches |
| Yalding St Peter & St Paul | FY2024 | £8k | Preservation of churches |
| Faversham St Mary of Charity | FY2024 | £8k | Preservation of churches |
| Chatham St John | FY2024 | £8k | Preservation of churches |
| Kingston St Giles | FY2024 | £8k | Preservation of churches |
| Folkstone Holy Trinity | FY2024 | £7k | Preservation of churches |
| Maidstone St Martin | FY2024 | £6k | Preservation of churches |
| Iwade All Saints | FY2024 | £6k | Preservation of churches |
| Bexley St Mary | FY2024 | £6k | Preservation of churches |
| Broadstairs Christ Church | FY2024 | £5k | Preservation of churches |
| Coxheath Holy Trinity | FY2024 | £5k | Preservation of churches |
| Wrotham St George | FY2024 | £5k | Preservation of churches |
| Upper Hardres SS Peter & Paul | FY2024 | £4k | Preservation of churches |
| Erith St John | FY2024 | £4k | Preservation of churches |
| High Halden St Mary the Virgin | FY2024 | £4k | Preservation of churches |
| Cranbrook St Dunstan | FY2024 | £4k | Preservation of churches |
| Yalding Baptist | FY2024 | £3k | Preservation of churches |
| Nonington St Mary | FY2024 | £3k | Preservation of churches |
| Frittenden St Mary | FY2024 | £3k | Preservation of churches |
| Hastingleigh St Mary | FY2024 | £3k | Preservation of churches |
| East Peckham Methodist | FY2024 | £2k | Preservation of churches |
| Warehorne St Matthew | FY2024 | £2k | Preservation of churches |
| Willesborough St Mary | FY2024 | £2k | Preservation of churches |
| Stalisfield St Mary | FY2024 | £2k | Preservation of churches |
| Four Elms St Paul | FY2024 | £2k | Preservation of churches |
| Smarden St Michael the Archangel | FY2024 | £2k | Preservation of churches |
| Darenth St Margaret of Antioch | FY2024 | £2k | Preservation of churches |
| Tudeley All Saints | FY2024 | £2k | Preservation of churches |
| Whitstable All Saints | FY2024 | £1k | Preservation of churches |
| Newenden St Peter | FY2024 | £1k | Preservation of churches |
| Footscray All Saints | FY2024 | £1k | Preservation of churches |
| Chalk St Mary the Virgin | FY2024 | £500 | Preservation of churches |
| All Saints, Maidstone | FY2022 | £25k | Grants to churches |
| All Saints, Greenhithe | FY2022 | £23k | Grants to churches |
| Christ Church, Horsmonden | FY2022 | £13k | Grants to churches |
| St James, Grain | FY2022 | £12k | Grants to churches |
| All Saints, Chatham | FY2022 | £10k | Grants to churches |
| Holy Trinity, Kilndown | FY2022 | £10k | Grants to churches |
| SS Peter & Paul, East Sutton | FY2022 | £8k | Grants to churches |
| SS Peter & Paul, Teston | FY2022 | £8k | Grants to churches |
| St Peter Upper Church, Pembury | FY2022 | £8k | Grants to churches |
| St Mary, Higham | FY2022 | £5k | Grants to churches |
| St Mary, Patrixbourne | FY2022 | £5k | Grants to churches |
| All Saints, Stanford | FY2022 | £5k | Grants to churches |
| St Mary, Warehorn | FY2022 | £5k | Grants to churches |
| St Mary, Westwell | FY2022 | £5k | Grants to churches |
| St Leonard, Underriver | FY2022 | £5k | Grants to churches |
| St Mary, Platt | FY2022 | £4k | Grants to churches |
| All Saints, Addisham | FY2022 | £4k | Grants to churches |
| All Saints, Graveney | FY2022 | £4k | Grants to churches |
| All Saints, Markbeech | FY2022 | £4k | Grants to churches |
| St Nicholas, Leeds | FY2022 | £3k | Grants to churches |
| St Mary, Plaistow | FY2022 | £3k | Grants to churches |
| St Margaret, Stalisfield | FY2022 | £3k | Grants to churches |
| St Paul & All Saints, Chatham | FY2022 | £2k | Grants to churches |
| St John the Baptist, Sutton-at-Hone | FY2022 | £2k | Grants to churches |
| St Nicholas, Newington | FY2022 | £2k | Grants to churches |
| Holy Innocents, Boughton Aluph | FY2022 | £2k | Grants to churches |
| All Saints, Meopham | FY2022 | £1k | Grants to churches |
| St Mary, Great Chart | FY2022 | £1k | Grants to churches |
| St Matthew, Upper Deal | FY2022 | £1k | Grants to churches |
| All Saints, All Hallows | FY2022 | £1k | Grants to churches |
| South Street Baptist, Westerham | FY2022 | £1k | Grants to churches |