THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL DORKING

Registered charity 1133798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF ST PAUL'S DORKING

St. Paul's is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Guildford: a community made up of people from all kinds of backgrounds and all stages of life and faith.We are of an evangelical tradition and at our heart is a commitment to biblical teaching, spirit filled worship, prayer, community care & outreach, and children's & youth work. One expression of this is in running a Nursery School.

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Latest income
£573k
Latest spending
£631k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the keeping of accounting records, the accuracy of the accounts against those records, or compliance with regulatory requirements. The examiner stated there were no other matters requiring attention to ensure a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£573k
Total spending
£631k
Reserves (reported)
£198k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£573k£631k
31/12/2024£518k£560k
31/12/2023£577k£515k
31/12/2022£476k£492k
31/12/2021£431k£475k

Common questions

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

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, as the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the keeping of accounting records, the accuracy of the accounts against those records, or compliance with regulatory requirements. The examiner stated there were no other matters requiring attention to ensure a proper understanding of the accounts. 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 DORKING£573k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, WIMBLEDON PARK FY2024£216k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, GROVE PARK, CHISWICK W4 FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S HOOK FY2025£87k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, WOKING FY2024£103k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PAUL'S, ST. MARYLEBONE FY2024£227k—0unclear—no doubt

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