THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, HAMMERSMITH

Registered charity 1130490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PAUL'S HAMMERSMITH

To promote in the parish, the whole mission of the Church encompassing pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical functions. It is also responsible for the maintenance and development of the church building. The PCC seeks to implement the Church's agreed vision statement "To see the Church alive, encountering God, awakening cities."

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £228,065, meeting the charity's policy target of three months' general expenditure. The charity reports a positive financial position with a cash balance of £407,556 and has become free of debt following the repayment of its Triodos loan.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ general expenditure (excluding depreciation) of the following year’s budget (held: £228k)
“SPH targets to hold in its unrestricted reserve an amount that is equivalent to three months’ general expenditure (excluding depreciation) of the following year’s budget.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Sarah Wynter, wife of Vicar Pete Wynter, received employee remuneration.
“Sarah Wynter, wife of Pete Wynter, has been appointed as senior pastor of SPH since November 2022, and works on a three-day per week basis. She received £24,005 (2023: £23,086) as employee remuneration during the year.” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£228k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2023£1.3m£1.2m
31/12/2022£1.3m£1.0m
31/12/2021£1.0m£844k
31/12/2020£978k£1.0m

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, HAMMERSMITH financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £228,065, meeting the charity's policy target of three months' general expenditure. The charity reports a positive financial position with a cash balance of £407,556 and has become free of debt following the repayment of its Triodos loan. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, HAMMERSMITH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, HAMMERSMITH as a grant recipient include MAGNIFY FOUNDATION, THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MAGNIFY FOUNDATIONFY2022£35kLeadership College / City Shapers
MAGNIFY FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government14/10/2020£280kCRF20: St Paul's Church Hammersmith
UK government14/10/2020£38kCRF20: St Paul's Church Hammersmith
UK government29/07/2020£40kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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
RICHMOND CHURCH CHARITY ESTATES1£1.9m

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, HAMMERSMITH£1.5m—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SLOUGH FY2025£309k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT THORLEY FY2024£255k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST.AUGUSTINES, GILLINGHAM, KENT FY2025£102k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DIONIS, PARSONS GREEN FY2024£501k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, RICHMOND WITH ST MATTHIAS AND ST JOHN THE DIVINE FY2023£1.6m—0above—no doubt

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