THE PRIORY OF ENGLAND AND THE ISLANDS OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM

Registered charity 1077265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7593637 · Wikipedia · also known as ST JOHN AMBULANCE, THE PRIORY OF ENGLAND AND THE ISLANDS

Provide First Aid Training, First Aid Services, Ambulance Services, Youth Services

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE PRIORY ARE TO ENCOURAGE THE SPIRITUAL AND MORAL STRENGTHENING OF MANKIND AND TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN SICKNESS, DISTRESS, SUFFERING OR DANGER AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND CARRY OUT WITHIN AND FROM THE TERRITORY THE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF THE ORDER AS SET OUT IN STATUTE 4 (SEE PARAGRAPH 7 OF RULES)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a net surplus of £1.3 million in 2025, marking a significant improvement from previous years and driven by disciplined financial management and operational efficiencies. While operational free reserves have increased to £19.7 million, the trustees note this is currently below the target range of £25 million to £30 million, with an expectation to reach target levels by 2030. The charity maintains adequate liquid assets and has prepared stress-tested forecasts confirming its ability to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: SUPPORT ST. JOHN LIMITED Companies House 01181644
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03866129 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Grace Trust — “'St John Ambulance embodies compassion, dedication, and professionalism - qualities that align perfectly with our values at The Grace Trust …” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• JONES, Rebecca Ann — director, appointed 24/06/2026not on trustee list
• SHARPE, Danny, Dr — director, appointed 24/06/2026not on trustee list
• GREWAL, Pardeep Kaur — director, appointed 04/02/2026not on trustee list
• MORRISON, Gareth Frederick — director, appointed 02/12/2025not on trustee list
• SIMMONS, Jonathan — director, appointed 02/12/2025not on trustee list
• LAWRENCE, Heather Anne — director, appointed 01/08/2025not on trustee list
• HALAI, Tara-Bella Devshi — director, appointed 05/11/2024not on trustee list
• LAWRENCE-PARR, Carole Ann — director, appointed 03/07/2024on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Simon Paul, Rear Admiral — director, appointed 24/06/2023on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Paul Rhys, Reverend Canon Dr — director, appointed 09/03/2023on trustee list
• KONDEL, Harpreet Kaur — director, appointed 25/10/2021not on trustee list
• WATERFIELD, Ingrid — director, appointed 24/06/2021not on trustee list
• HYUN, Tommy Kyung Won — secretary, appointed 28/07/2020

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St. John Ambulance — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 26/03/2015.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

CQC provider record: St. John Ambulance — Registered, 47 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 28/09/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Trustpilot: St John Ambulance (England) - Training courses scores 4.9/5 from 53,359 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (296,289 likes) · instagram (54K followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/03/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Sweetland MBE CStJ
• Carole Ann Lawrence-Parr
• Rear Admiral Simon Paul Williams CB CVO
• Revd Canon Dr Paul Rhys Williams · trustee of 5 other charities
• Tanya Coff

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PRIORY FOR WALES OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM.

• THE PRIORY FOR WALES OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM income £8.1m
• THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM (THE ORDER OF ST JOHN) income £2.5m
• SAINT JOHN OF GOD HOSPITALLER SERVICES income £29.7m
• ST JOHN'S APPROVED PREMISES income £3.0m
• THE PRIORY FOUNDATION income £160k
• PRIORY OF OUR LADY CIO income £189k

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