THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY SWISS COTTAGE, HAMPSTEAD

Registered charity 1133908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMDEN POTENTIAL, HOLY TRINITY SWISS COTTAGE PCC, THE LIGHTHOUSE LONDON

REGULAR PUBLIC WORSHIP OPEN TO ALL, PASTORAL WORK, TEACHING OF CHRISTIANITY THROUGH SERMONS, COURSES AND SMALL GROUPS, RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES IN SCHOOLS, YOUTH AND CHILDRENS CLUBS WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, CHURCH MISSIONAL CAFE OUTREACH, THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIANITY THROUGH THE STAGING OF EVENTS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE, AND THE SUPPORTING OF OTHER CHARITIES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS

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
£614k
Latest spending
£757k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a narrative annual report and year-in-review for Lighthouse London, focusing on ministry activities, worship, and community outreach. It does not contain any financial statements, income figures, expenditure data, or reserve balances. Consequently, no assessment of financial health or ratios can be derived from the text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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

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

  • Volunteers: 109

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

  • Volunteers: 74
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Total income
£614k
Total spending
£757k
Reserves (reported)
£200k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 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 (90% 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: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£614k£757k
31/12/2024£661k£778k
31/12/2023£1.3m£662k
31/12/2022£585k£662k
31/12/2021£903k£677k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY SWISS COTTAGE, HAMPSTEAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a narrative annual report and year-in-review for Lighthouse London, focusing on ministry activities, worship, and community outreach. It does not contain any financial statements, income figures, expenditure data, or reserve balances. Consequently, no assessment of financial health or ratios can be derived from the text.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY SWISS COTTAGE, HAMPSTEAD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY SWISS COTTAGE, HAMPSTEAD as a grant recipient include CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUST, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUSTFY2025£33kGrants and Mission Giving
CHURCH REVITALISATION TRUSTFY2022£23kSupport SMF Curates
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023amount not stated

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 HOLY TRINITY, CHELTENHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY SWISS COTTAGE, HAMPSTEAD£614k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, CHELTENHAM FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST THOMAS AND ST NICHOLAS, BEDHAMPTON IN THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE FY2025£196k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, EASTBOURNE FY2025£227k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY TOTTENHAM FY2025£81k——unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MARY MAGDALENE WHISTON FY2025£125k——unclear—no doubt

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