ST JAMES PRIORY PROJECT LIMITED

Registered charity 1104408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of residential support for vulnerable adults.St James Priory Church - a 12th century Norman city centre church used for meditation and worship.

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Latest income
£310k
Latest spending
£259k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £895,645, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of two years' average expenditure (£496,097). Despite this, the trustees report a surplus for the year and assert there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two full years of the annual average expenditure over the last five years of £496,097 (held: £896k)
The Trustees consider that they should aim to hold reserves equivalent to at least two full years of the annual average expenditure over the last five years of £496,097 — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St James Chapter House Limited
The investment consists of a 100% holding in St James Chapter House Limited, the charitable company's trading subsidiary. — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Burton Sweet Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: St James Priory ProjectDeregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 29/11/2011.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£310k£259k
31/03/2024£465k£112k
31/03/2023£182k£216k
31/03/2022£220k£219k
31/03/2021£348k£280k

Common questions

Is ST JAMES PRIORY PROJECT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £895,645, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of two years' average expenditure (£496,097). Despite this, the trustees report a surplus for the year and assert there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burton Sweet Limited.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/12/2007£3.2m"Conservation and Development of St James Priory, Bristol"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/09/2005£50k"St James Priory Conservation Development Project"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PROJECT GIVING BACK1£444k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, ENFIELD HIGHWAY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST JAMES PRIORY PROJECT LIMITED£310k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, ENFIELD HIGHWAY FY2023£172k0aboveno doubt
St James, PCC Bream FY2023£174k0unclearnoted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES' CHURCH POOLE FY2023£146k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, WESTMINSTER FY2023£4.5m0unclearno doubt
ST JAMES MAR THOMA CHURCH-UK FY2025£338k0unclearno doubt

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