PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CAMBRIDGE

Registered charity 1132965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q26632397 · Wikipedia · also known as PCC OF ST PAUL, CAMBRIDGE

St Paul's Church and Community Centre is a Church of England parish church just to the south of Cambridge city centre in the diocese of Ely. Its mission is to share the love of God in word and action. It provides space for people to pray and worship; to become part of a loving community through its outreach and community meals; and hires out its rooms to help support its mission.

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£284k
Latest spending
£295k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £168,874, which the trustees note is well in excess of the recommended three months' expenditure target. The charity reports a net income of £10,217 for the year and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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' future expenditure (reserves figure: £169k)
“a broad recommendation for most charities is that they have unrestricted funds available to meet three months’ future expenditure. In the light of the financial performance of the Centre in recent years, St Paul’s has always maintained balances well in excess of any normal reserve requirement.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Rev Dr Becky Warner received £1,000 for project work.
“In 2025 Rev Dr Becky Warner was paid a fee of £1,000 for the planning and delivery of ‘Our World, Our Eden’ music and theatre project at St Paul’s Primary School.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration for specific project work
“In 2025 Rev Dr Becky Warner was paid a fee of £1,000 for the planning and delivery of ‘Our World, Our Eden’ music and theatre project at St Paul’s Primary School.” — page 19
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: 100
  • 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: 30
  • Government income: £19,993 — grants £19,993 (1); 7% of the £306,130 total gross income on the same return
  • 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 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £14,517 — grants £14,517 (1); 5% of the £271,379 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£284k£295k
31/12/2024£306k£287k
31/12/2023£271k£230k
31/12/2022£354k£434k
31/12/2021£260k£263k

Common questions

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

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £168,874, which the trustees note is well in excess of the recommended three months' expenditure target. The charity reports a net income of £10,217 for the year and confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/09/2026£20kSt Paul's Community Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2024£20kSt Paul's Community Development Worker (CDW)
UK government08/03/2021£11kCRF21: Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Paul, Cambridge
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2021£10kSt Paul's Community Programme
UK government02/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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 EALING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, CAMBRIDGE£284k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S EALING FY2025£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 PHILIP, CAMBRIDGE FY2025£219k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LEYTON ST CATHERINE AND ST PAUL FY2025£456k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SLOUGH FY2025£309k—0unclear—no doubt

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