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."

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £136,260 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,946,379 against total resources expended of £1,810,119. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £243,897, which the trustees consider appropriate given their policy target of three months' budgeted general expenditure, and the PCC remains debt-free with sufficient cash resources to meet ongoing operational needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 to £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employees received remuneration (including employer national insurance contributions but excluding employer pension contributions) of more than £60,000, in the band £60,000 to £69,999 (2024: none)” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employees received remuneration (including employer national insurance contributions but excluding employer pension contributions) of more than £60,000, in the band £60,000 to £69,999 (2024: none)” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of the following year’s budgeted general expenditure, excluding depreciation (reserves figure: £244k)
“SPH aims to maintain an unrestricted reserve equivalent to three months of the following year’s budgeted general expenditure, excluding depreciation.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 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 £22,287 (2024: £21,466) as employee remuneration during the year.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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

  • Volunteers: 300

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

  • Volunteers: 250

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

  • Volunteers: 230

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

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 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£244k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 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 (81% 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 (5.3%) (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
31/12/2025£1.9m£1.8m
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

Common questions

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

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £136,260 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,946,379 against total resources expended of £1,810,119. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £243,897, which the trustees consider appropriate given their policy target of three months' budgeted general expenditure, and the PCC remains debt-free with sufficient cash resources to meet ongoing operational needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, HAMMERSMITH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 to £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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, CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST, 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
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUSTFY2025£12kLove Your Neighbour Grants
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022amount not stated

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

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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£1.9m£60,000 to £69,9991above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH 0F ST PAULS YORK FY2025£170k——above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARK'S HARROGATE FY2025£418k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN THE BAPTIST STAMFORD FY2025£346k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, DORCHESTER ON THAMES FY2024£328k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY HURDSFIELD FY2025£314k—0unclear—no doubt

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