CITY OF LONDON CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1068671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BISHOPSGATE CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION

Promoting crime prevention and crime reduction within the City of London

Objects

TO PROMOTE CRIME PREVENTION / REDUCTION MEASURES IN THE CITY OF LONDON IN CONJUNCTION WITH POLICE AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES; THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY FROM AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIMINAL ACTS; THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: THE CITY OF LONDON.

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

£330k

Latest spending

£199k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £62,951, which is above the stated policy minimum of £10,000. The charity reported a net income increase to £131,498, driven by higher subscription fees and significant restricted grant funding for the 'Our Safer City' initiative. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum sum of £10,000 (held: £63k)

“The minimum sum of £10,000 as unrestricted cash reserves will continue to be maintained.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

DON RANDALLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
CHRISTINE CRITCHLEY
Danny Moody
Farah London
Jane Mason
Robert Charles Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen Emmins · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£330k	£199k
31/03/2024	£76k	£93k
31/03/2023	£76k	£93k
31/03/2022	£70k	£57k
31/03/2021	£59k	£54k

Common questions

Is CITY OF LONDON CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £62,951, which is above the stated policy minimum of £10,000. The charity reported a net income increase to £131,498, driven by higher subscription fees and significant restricted grant funding for the 'Our Safer City' initiative. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROSCA TRUST	1	£132k
THE TOY TRUST	1	£86k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	1	£7k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BATTERSEA CRIME PREVENTION PANEL.

BATTERSEA CRIME PREVENTION PANEL income £180k
Safe Steps income £1.7m
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO income £763k
LHA LONDON LTD income £19.8m
THE LONDON AND MIDDLESEX RIFLE ASSOCIATION income £170k
LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL EDUCATION TRUST income £246k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CITY OF LONDON CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION	£330k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BATTERSEA CRIME PREVENTION PANEL FY2025	£180k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Safe Steps FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CITY PRAISE CENTRE CIO FY2025	£763k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LHA LONDON LTD FY2025	£19.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON AND MIDDLESEX RIFLE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£170k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.