THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, WESTMINSTER

Registered charity 1133048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JAMES'S CHURCH PICCADILLY PCC

Latest income

£4.5m

Latest spending

£3.0m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a general fund deficit of £303,450 for the year ended 31 December 2023, driven by underperformance in its cultural programme and fundraising. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were a negative balance of £25,858, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £360,000, prompting a revised business plan to restore reserves.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months of general fund expenditure on church activities (held: £-26k)

“The PCC has approved a policy of maintaining unrestricted general reserves at the level needed to cover at least four months of general fund expenditure on church activities, which equates to approximately £360,000.” — page 18

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goodman Jones LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St James’s Church, Piccadilly (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

The Revd Lucy Winkett — Revd (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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£4.5m

Total spending

£3.0m

Cost of raising funds

£276k

Reserves (reported)

£306k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Audrey Sebatindira
Claire Millicent Wright · trustee of 2 other charities
David Loyn
Deirdre Hetherington
Graeme Jones
Joanna Hines
Julie Dawn Cunningham
ROSALIND SALLY FANE
Rachel Sumption
Rev Ayla Lepine
Rev DANIEL NORRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev IVAN PATRICIO KHOVACS
Rev LUCY CLARE WINKETT · trustee of 8 other charities
Revd Dr Mariama Oluseun Ifode-Blease
Sarah Gillett CMG CVO · trustee of 1 other charity
Steven Overman
Tom Gidman
Tracy McKeever
Trevor Lines

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£4.5m	£3.0m
31/12/2023	£2.9m	£2.4m
31/12/2022	£1.1m	£2.0m
31/12/2021	£1.2m	£1.4m
31/12/2020	£1.3m	£956k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, WESTMINSTER financially healthy?

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, WESTMINSTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JAMES, WESTMINSTER as a grant recipient include PROJECT GIVING BACK.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
PROJECT GIVING BACK	FY2024	£444k

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	05/12/2023	£5.0m	"The Wren Project"

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