THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN CANONBURY

Registered charity 1131839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST STEPHEN, CANONBURY

St Stephen's Church is the parish church for Canonbury in the London Borough of Islington, within the Stepney Area of the Anglican Diocese of London. The public services and worship of the church put Christian faith into practice through prayer, scripture, music, sacrament and two specialist ministries: The Manna, serving homeless and marginalised people, and Urban Hope, serving young people.

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

Latest income

£308k

Latest spending

£338k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the General fund is in a poor financial position and is below the stated reserves policy of 3 to 6 months current expenditure, a result of falling maisonette income and extended vacancy. The charity reports a net outgoing resource of £30,092 for the year, with unrestricted reserves falling to £22,557. Trustees have agreed a plan to reduce outgoings and increase revenue in 2026 to return unrestricted funds to a more healthy level.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 3 months of expenditure (reserves figure: £23k)

“The charity aims to hold a minimum of (which is approximately 3 months of expenditure) as unrestricted cash, so that the charity could continue to operate should income and / or expenditure vary adversely.” — page 68

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee donations

“During the year the total aggregated donations made to the charity by the trustees was £15,172 There were no conditions attached to the donations. (total aggregate donations from prior year were £6,191)” — page 79

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: St. Stephen's Parish Housing Company

“c.St. Stephen's Parish Housing Company Limited Company Number 01591276 A dormant mutual trading company that does not operate with a view to profit.” — page 48

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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: 14

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

Volunteers: 25
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 30

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

Funders the charity credits

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

Spire Restoration — “Thanks to the support of individuals, community members and funders we were able to repair cracks in the spire and preserve this wonderful f…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Benjamin Hussar
David Titmas
ELIZABETH JANE EVANS
JOHN CREYKE · trustee of 2 other charities
Jonathan Roberts
Joy Faulkner-Mpeho
Leonard John Chalkley
Margaret Elizabeth Evans
Mary Thomas
Ralph Dunham · trustee of 2 other charities
Rufin Batota-Mpeho
Sarah Strang
Timothy Muller

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£308k	£338k
31/12/2024	£360k	£421k
31/12/2023	£349k	£375k
31/12/2022	£314k	£332k
31/12/2021	£449k	£451k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN CANONBURY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the General fund is in a poor financial position and is below the stated reserves policy of 3 to 6 months current expenditure, a result of falling maisonette income and extended vacancy. The charity reports a net outgoing resource of £30,092 for the year, with unrestricted reserves falling to £22,557. Trustees have agreed a plan to reduce outgoings and increase revenue in 2026 to return unrestricted funds to a more healthy level. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN CANONBURY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN CANONBURY as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	FY2024	£85k	Church Sustainability Project Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	FY2022	£85k	Church Grants
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	FY2023	£33k	Church Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	FY2025	£10k	Church Access Project / Sustainability Project
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	FY2025	amount not stated	Main church grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	FY2024	amount not stated	Church Grant

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	30/06/2011	£28k	Grant to The Manna (St Stephen's Church Canonbury)

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BRISTOL ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY	1	£13k

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 STEPHEN'S CHURCH, SOUTH LAMBETH.

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 ST STEPHEN CANONBURY	£308k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH, SOUTH LAMBETH FY2025	£114k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST STEPHEN'S PCC FY2025	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS WITH ST STEPHEN, TELFORD PARK FY2025	£276k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN, SOUNDWELL, BRISTOL FY2025	£161k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GLASTONBURY ST JOHN, GLASTONBURY FY2025	£145k	—	below	—	no doubt

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