THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET

Registered charity 1131311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET, St Bride's Church

The Parochial Church Council of St Bride's has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church.

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £41,098 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £908,609. Free reserves stood at £72,445, which the trustees state equates to 11% of the previous year’s unrestricted income, meeting their policy of holding at least 10%. The accounts state 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

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 (2024: nil)” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 (2024: nil)” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: to hold at least 10% of the previous year’s unrestricted income at the end of the year, with reserves falling no lower than 5% at any point during the year (held: £72k)

“The PCC’s reserves policy is ‘to hold at least 10% of the previous year’s unrestricted income at the end of the year, with reserves falling no lower than 5% at any point during the year’.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Rector and Churchwardens are ex-officio Trustees of St Bride’s Charity and St Bride Organ Fund. During the year the PCC received grants totalling £165,000 (2024: £222,733) from these Trusts, comprising £150,000 in unrestricted grants and £15,000 in secretarial fees on behalf of the PCC.

“During the year the PCC received grants totalling £165,000 (2024: £222,733) from these Trusts, comprising £150,000 in unrestricted grants and £15,000 in secretarial fees on behalf of the PCC. Trustees of St Bride’s Charity agreed that, from 1st October 2023, they would grant to the PCC the sum of not less than £150,000 per annum on a monthly basis.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Field Sullivan Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).
Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Alison Joyce — Rector (source)
Lord Black of Brentwood — Master of the Guild of St Bride (source)
Robert Jones — Director of Music (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The current work repairing and restoring the roof and stonework of St Bride’s is thanks to generous support from the National Lottery Herita…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£72k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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

Rev Dr Alison Joycechair
Alasdair Johnstone · trustee of 2 other charities
Dominic McGinley
Edward Bowsher
Graham Hill · trustee of 3 other charities
Jane Margaret Wilkinson
Jennifer Kingsley
John Joseph Forrest
Lesley-Ann Jones · trustee of 2 other charities
Rev Steven Morris
Revd Dr Jeffrey Lake
Simon Roderick Greaves · trustee of 1 other charity
TERENCE SMITH
Valerie Jean Locks · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.2m	£1.2m
31/12/2024	£1.6m	£837k
31/12/2023	£789k	£820k
31/12/2022	£696k	£757k
31/12/2021	£621k	£665k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £41,098 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £908,609. Free reserves stood at £72,445, which the trustees state equates to 11% of the previous year’s unrestricted income, meeting their policy of holding at least 10%. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Field Sullivan Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET earn?

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

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET as a grant recipient include THE ASTOR FOUNDATION, The Jones Community and Education Trust, THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£33k
The Jones Community and Education Trust	FY2025	£5k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/09/2025	£152k	"Repairing the Roof and Historic Stonework of St Bride’s of Fleet Street"

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 BRIDPORT.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRIDPORT income £370k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, PECKHAM income £194k
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL TONBRIDGE income £458k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER BROCKLEY income £806k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. EDMUND,ALLESTREE income £144k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WALBROOK income £957k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET	£1.2m	more than £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRIDPORT FY2025	£370k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE CHURCH, PECKHAM FY2025	£194k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL TONBRIDGE FY2025	£458k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER BROCKLEY FY2025	£806k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. EDMUND,ALLESTREE FY2025	£144k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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