ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1082711 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds for the maintenance and repair of St Paul's Cathedral and to further its work in the following areas:theological and educational workmusic and music educational workthe work of the Cathedral as a diocesan, national and international institution

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(A) THE MAINTENANCE RESTORATION REPAIR AND CONSERVATION OF AND THE UNDERTAKING OF WORKS TO THE FABRIC OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PAUL IN LONDON ("THE CATHEDRAL")(B) TO FURTHER THE THEOLOGICAL AND ADULT EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE CATHEDRAL(C) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSICAL EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE CATHEDRAL AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGAN AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS IN THE CATHEDRAL AND THE MUSICAL TRAINING OF THE CHOIRS AND MUSICIANS OF THE CATHEDRAL AND OF THE CHORISTERS AT THE ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL(D) TO PROMOTE THE WORK AND MISSION OF THE CATHEDRAL AS A DIOCESAN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION

Area of benefit: ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AND ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL

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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Policies the charity declares

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• 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (10/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: City Of London

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