Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HASTINGS 

Worship and service in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the fulfilment of God's purposes in the town centre of Hastings.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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
Established: 9 years

www.hthchurch.org

01424429957

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£455£483£-28n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/21£498£597£-99n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/12/20£550£364£186£9£325£1214850
31/12/19£467£410£57n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/18£412£364£49£0£0£0n/a020
31/12/17£276£338£-62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£200£316£-116£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£60,100
Joseph Rank Trust£37,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
DCMS£19,100
Sussex Community Foundation£13,588
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Hastings
£5,000 21/07/2022
Funding was provided towards their Safehaven sessions and volunteer management.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to PCC of Holy Trinity Hastings
£31,200 14/06/2022
24
towards two years' continuation funding of the Youth and Kids Team to sustain current activities and introduce new opportunities to engage with the church, for unchurched and churched local children ....more
DCMS - CRF21: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Hastings
£19,100 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 12/02/2021
Holy Trinity Hastings – a community accessible to all
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Hastings
£28,900 18/02/2020
24
towards two years' running costs of a project designed to increase and sustain the activities offered to both unchurched & churched local children
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity Hastings
£8,588 10/12/2019
11
Funding was provided to sustain and develop the Safehaven Women's group which works with a core of 45 vulnerable women.
Joseph Rank Trust - Holy Trinity, Hastings
£37,500 22/10/2019
36
To fund the running costs of the Church
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2015, number: 1163737
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Holy Trinity Church
Robertson Street
Hastings
TN34 1HT

Objectives

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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