PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PRIMROSE HILL WITH ST PAUL, AVENUE RD

Registered charity 1132701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PRIMROSE HILL

Worship in the catholic tradition of the Church of England, good music, and a concern for people of all ages. With our church school, St Paul's, we strive to reach out to local families. We have a thriving Sunday School and an imaginative youthwork programme. Our Social Inclusion Programme aims is to build positive relationships with local young people at risk of social exclusion.

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

Latest income

£329k

Latest spending

£323k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds improved to £85,290, exceeding the stated policy target of £70,000. The charity reported a total surplus of £12,239 for the year, aided by legacies and investment gains, despite a decline in planned giving. The trustees confirm 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

Reserves policy: three months of recurring expenditure (£70,000) (reserves figure: £85k)

“The PCC, as a policy, has always aimed to cover three months of recurring expenditure (£70,000). In this respect, we have achieved that goal again this year.”

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.

Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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: 40
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 130

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

Volunteers: 150
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Philip Simon James Ritchiechair
Anny-Aleida Van Woudenberg
Clare Louise Wright
Derrick Ding-Vic Chow
ELAINE ROSE GRACE HEDGER
Ellen Campbell Gilmour
Lucinda Ferelith Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
MARTHA JANE JENNINGS
Matilda Leah Tempest
Roderick William James Monroe
Ross Stephan Gilmour
Sheena Margaret Noble McCaffrey

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£329k	£323k
31/12/2024	£315k	£309k
31/12/2023	£281k	£330k
31/12/2022	£370k	£323k
31/12/2021	£371k	£344k

Common questions

Is PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PRIMROSE HILL WITH ST PAUL, AVENUE RD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds improved to £85,290, exceeding the stated policy target of £70,000. The charity reported a total surplus of £12,239 for the year, aided by legacies and investment gains, despite a decline in planned giving. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/02/2024	£20k	St Mary's Solar
UK government	08/03/2021	£56k	CRF21 Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Mary The Virgin, Primrose Hill With St Paul, Avenue Rd

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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PRIMROSE HILL WITH ST PAUL, AVENUE RD	£329k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL'S, PICKERING FY2025	£255k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PAUL'S MILL HILL FY2025	£264k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, KINGSTON HILL FY2025	£458k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PATRICK, WALLINGTON FY2025	£351k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SLOUGH FY2025	£309k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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