COMMUNITY OF SAINT JOHN

Registered charity 1140024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as "CONGREGATION SAINT JEAN"

Religious Activities

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECT:THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND THROUGHOUT THEEUROPEAN UNION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES ANDSTATEMENTS OF BELIEF OF THE COMMUNITY OF SAINT JOHN, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOTEXCLUSIVELY BY ASSISTING AND ENCOURAGING THE FORMATION OF PRIESTS AND THE ACTIVITIESOF CONSECRATED PERSONS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THEIRRESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMON PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITYOF ST JOHN.AT THEIR DISCRETION, THE TRUSTEES MAY SPEND ALL OR PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE OBJECT.

Area of benefit: UK AND EUROPEAN UNION

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£116k
Latest spending
£106k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated unrestricted income of £116,417 against total expenditure of £105,683, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted funds increased to £48,431, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during their examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs (held: £48k)
“The trustees aim to hold a minimum of three months running costs in reserve at any point in time” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cameroon · France · Newham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£116k£106k
31/12/2023£108k£113k
31/12/2022£75k£86k
31/12/2021£93k£112k
31/12/2020£166k£149k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY OF SAINT JOHN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated unrestricted income of £116,417 against total expenditure of £105,683, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted funds increased to £48,431, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during their examination of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY OF SAINT JOHN£116k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNION OF SAINTS EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£87k—0unclear—no doubt
FIRSTBORN COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. ATHANASIUS MONASTERY FY2025£753k—0unclear—no doubt
MERLEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. EPHREM JACOBITE SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, CARDIFF FY2026£45k——unclear—no doubt

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