THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT STANMORE

Registered charity 1127658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S PCC, STANMORE

St John's is a Church of England parish church in Stanmore. Weekly services take place on Sundays (8am & 9.30am) and Tuesday (10.30am). We have a thriving Junior Church, a Youth Group, Parent & Toddler Group and Tea & Chat (a group for older people). Major festivals such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost are celebrated during the year. Baptisms, weddings and funerals also take place.

Objects

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

£559k

Latest spending

£223k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant surplus of £335,732 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by a one-off diocesan grant and legacies. Total reserves increased to £3,284,071, substantially exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £77,500, indicating strong financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% of income)

“Donations and legacies Totals 307,455”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of general running costs (£50,000) and an additional three month’s salary costs (£2,500) plus £25,000 for urgent building work (held: £3.3m)

“It is the policy of this church to hold as a minimum in reserve the equivalent of three months of general running costs (£50,000) and an additional three month’s salary costs (£2,500). It is also our policy to hold £25,000 for any urgent building work that may arise during the year.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by KPSR 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.

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
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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
Volunteer management

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

Total income

£559k

Total spending

£223k

Reserves (reported)

£78k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Matthew Stonechair · trustee of 5 other charities
Adeyemi Frederick Oshunniyi
BEVERLEY MCKEON
Dr Maduagwu Ogbenna Oji
Graham Nicholson
Jacqueline Peters
Jane Louise Prentice
Jennifer Ellen Neve
Jonathan Peter Lawford
Josephine Ann Clark-Waymouth
MARK THOMAS LYNCH
Mark Griffiths
Nancy Pillay-Newton
Nina Simona Nolan
Pamela Marion Curran
Rev Helen Ruth Wolstencroft
Rev Irene Ann Lawrence
Rev Rachel Susan Phillips
Robert Edward Williams
Samuel George
Shaun William Knevett
Susan Bridgette Jones

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

Operates in: Harrow

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£559k	£223k
31/12/2024	£241k	£227k
31/12/2023	£226k	£204k
31/12/2022	£213k	£182k
31/12/2021	£172k	£154k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT STANMORE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a significant surplus of £335,732 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by a one-off diocesan grant and legacies. Total reserves increased to £3,284,071, substantially exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £77,500, indicating strong financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KPSR LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	19/06/2019	£966	Grant to St John the Evangelist, Great Stanmore

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 JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RANMOOR, SHEFFIELD.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT STANMORE	£559k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RANMOOR, SHEFFIELD FY2024	£265k	—	above	—	no doubt
STANMORE CHAPEL FY2025	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, KENSAL GREEN FY2025	£344k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, GOOLE FY2025	£322k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WITH CHRIST CHURCH, HOXTON(DIOCESE OF LONDON) FY2025	£417k	—	above	—	no doubt

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