STRAND PARISHES TRUST

Registered charity 1121754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief in need of persons who are or have been employed or are resident within the London borough of the City of Westminster.The advancement in life for persons under the age of 25 and resident within the London borough of the City of Westminster

Objects

1) THE RELIEF IN NEED OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED OR ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIFE FOR PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE LESS THAN 25 YEARS OLD3) FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS WORK OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY LE STRAND WITH ST CLEMENT DANES4) THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY:A) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM; ORB) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; ORC) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, CITY OF WESTMINSTER

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£274k
Latest spending
£281k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £6,840 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees report that this deficit was in line with their intention to use up unspent income from previous years to maintain grant-making levels. Free reserves stood at £146,936, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of up to four months' expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“To that end Trustees aim to maintain reserves of up to four months’ expenditure on the management of the Charity. Free reserves for this purpose totalled £ 146,936 at the year-end (2024: £ 153,776).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£274k£281k
31/12/2024£269k£262k
31/12/2023£375k£297k
31/12/2022£257k£256k
31/12/2021£249k£274k

Common questions

Is STRAND PARISHES TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £6,840 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees report that this deficit was in line with their intention to use up unspent income from previous years to maintain grant-making levels. Free reserves stood at £146,936, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of up to four months' expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SHEPHERD STREET TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STRAND PARISHES TRUST£274k—0below—no doubt
THE SHEPHERD STREET TRUST FY2025£43k—0above—no doubt
THE WEST END COMMUNITY TRUST FY2026£45k——above—no doubt
ACTIVITEENS FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PRESTON TRUST HOMES CHARITY FY2025£183k—0above—no doubt
THE SHOREDITCH TRUST FY2025£1.7m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt

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