The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Chelsea known as Chelsea Old Church

Registered charity 1135101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELSEA OLD CHURCH, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH ALL SAINTS CHELSEA

The primary objective of the PCC is to promote the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrines and practices of the Church of England. It also cooperates with the incumbent the Reverend Maximilian Bayliss to promote within the parish the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £31,447 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £683,589 against expenditure of £649,714. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are held at £160,000, which they consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three months of typical operating costs. The charity maintains a positive net asset position of £1,302,057 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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

• Bede Northcote
• DAVID SWANSON
• Dr Sarah Duncan
• Edmund Townend
• Edward Priday
• Emma Alcock
• GENERAL ANDREW FIGGURES CB, CBE
• IAN DE LESCHERY OBE
• Jonty Brawn
• KIRSTI TOWNEND
• Laura Tomlinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Louise Ireland DL
• Mercy McBrayer
• Naomi Leveson-Gower
• PENELOPE POCOCK · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROSAMUND WYNTERBEE-ROBEY
• Rev Maximillian Bayliss
• The Earl Cadogan, Edward Cadogan

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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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 LUKE AND CHRIST CHURCH, CHELSEA.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE AND CHRIST CHURCH, CHELSEA income £931k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DIONIS, PARSONS GREEN income £501k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS HIGHERTOWN AND BALDHU income £378k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST SIMON ZELOTES UPPER CHELSEA income £438k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST COLUMB'S, NOTTING HILL income £150k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NORTH ABINGDON income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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