Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY OF CHARITY FAVERSHAM KENT

Religious Activities benefitting general public/mankind, provides Church Building/facilities/open space, provides services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£150£114£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£149£114£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£98£139£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£144£291£-147n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£105£124£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£429£166£263n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£132£145£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£185£196£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£142£147£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£128£126£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£143£97£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£111£121£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£109£127£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£152£135£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£131£105£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to St Mary of Charity PCC, Faversham
£67,700 21/09/2016
Repairs to north transept buttresses, walls and roof

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BRIAN WIMLETT Appointed: 2019
  • CAROLE RICKARD Appointed: 2020
  • CLAIRE CHOONG Appointed: 2022
  • DENNIS FREDERICK PARRETT CBE Appointed: 2016
  • DEANNA JANE NEESHAM Appointed: 2021
  • KEITH JOHN TYLER Appointed: 2015
  • KEVIN ROBERT SWINNEY Appointed: 2018
  • MARGARET LANXON Appointed: 2017
  • MARY WIMLETT Appointed: 2018
  • MIRANDA FORD Appointed: 2013
  • PHYLLIS GEORGINA BROWN Appointed: 2023
  • REV DAN CORCORAN Appointed: 2020
  • REV SIMON DAVID ROWLANDS (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • ROSALIE ANN GRAHAM Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2009, number: 1128854
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

13 The Knole
FAVERSHAM
Kent
ME13 7QG

Objectives

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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