THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT ALBAN THE MARTYR, HOLBORN WITH SAINT PETER, SAFFRON HILL

Registered charity 1135568 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST ALBAN'S, HOLBORN PCC

St Alban's Holborn is an Anglican Church working in the heart of London, ministering to a diverse community in the local area and beyond. We also have a Church of England Primary School which is an important part of our work. We have links with several other local charitable organisations.

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)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Parochial Church Council reported a net outgoing resource deficit of £45,435 for the year ended 31 December 2025, a deterioration from the previous year's deficit. Total funds fell by £33,678 to £1,361,614, driven by a fall in voluntary giving and increased deficits in the Centre, despite unrealised investment gains. Liquid resources decreased significantly to £523,672, reflecting payments for organ repairs.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~24.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 13.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON RUTH LE ROY DURSTON CRATCHLEY
• David Christopher Ballance · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr ROBERT WILLIAM WALKER
• Dr TONY ALBERT TROWLES · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOSEPH WENXI POON
• Jason Philip Burch
• Katharine Helen Moore
• PETER JOHN BITHELL
• ROGER HARRY LOMAX · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW SMITH · trustee of 6 other charities
• Ruth Hanson
• SIMON EDWARD JONES MA
• SIMON JEREMY JONES
• Stephanie Jane Ellner · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Camden

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. ALBAN, NORTH HARROW.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. ALBAN, NORTH HARROW income £226k
• CATHEDRAL AND ABBEY CHURCH OF ST ALBAN income £3.4m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALBAN & ST AUGUSTINE FULHAM income £120k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALBAN THE MARTYR SOUTH NORWOOD IN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK income £149k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JULIAN, ST ALBANS income £293k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL HARLOW TOWN CENTRE WITH ST MARY LITTLE PARNDON income £144k

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