THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S EALING

Registered charity 1132598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PAUL'S CHURCH EALING

St Paul's is a church in West London and operates a number of ministries to the local community and wider area. We have 4 services on Sundays and also run family life courses, children's and youth work, social transformation projects, and a range of other Christian events, conferences and ministries.

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: Ealing, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£684k
Latest spending
£748k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £63,570 for the year, driven by a steady reduction in giving that put pressure on its financial position. To address this, the PCC implemented measures including staff reductions and budget cuts, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £541,077 to £458,784. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to cover 8 weeks’ net expenditure after taking into account regular donation income (reserves figure: £459k)
“it is the policy of the church to hold sufficient reserves to cover 8 weeks’ net expenditure after taking into account regular donation income.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One PCC member received remuneration for church work.
“One of the members of the PCC received remuneration during the year on normal terms for church work.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant payments made to West London Community Trust, a related entity where several trustees serve as trustees.
“West London Community Trust - Grant payments made during the year totalled £55,186 (2024 - £71,489)” — page 28
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.

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: 220

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

  • Volunteers: 220

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

  • Volunteers: 240

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

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

Total income
£684k
Total spending
£748k
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£143k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ealing

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£684k£748k
31/12/2024£739k£776k
31/12/2023£709k£804k
31/12/2022£752k£727k
31/12/2021£764k£706k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S EALING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £63,570 for the year, driven by a steady reduction in giving that put pressure on its financial position. To address this, the PCC implemented measures including staff reductions and budget cuts, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £541,077 to £458,784. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE CO-MISSION INITIATIVE TRUST1£173k
THE SOLA TRUST1£9k
THE LONDON GOOD STEWARDS TRUST1£2k

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 PAUL'S, WIMBLEDON PARK.

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'S EALING£684k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, WIMBLEDON PARK FY2025£218k——above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SLOUGH FY2025£309k—0unclear—no doubt
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CAMBRIDGE FY2025£284k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, WITHINGTON FY2024£83k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN WITH SAINT JAMES, WEST EALING FY2025£397k—0above—no doubt

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