THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY LE STRAND WITH ST CLEMENT DANES

Registered charity 1140177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY LE STRAND PCC, St Mary le Strand with St Clement Danes PCC

The Charity is the parochial church council for the ecclesiastical parish of St Mary le Strand with St Clement Danes. It provides religious services within the parish and maintains the parish church of St Mary le Strand.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,944,667, with unrestricted reserves of £440,134 significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £80,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £359,756 against expenditure of £455,426, supported by substantial investment income and grants, including a major National Lottery Heritage Fund award.

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.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 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 (81% 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: 12.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Peter Gervase Babingtonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Michael Kral
• David Scott
• Janet Audrey Crabtree · trustee of 2 other charities
• Janet St John Austen
• Oluyemisi Ogundimu · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Hammond
• Peter Maplestone
• Rev James Craig
• Roy Keith Sully · trustee of 2 other charities
• Roy Keith Sully · trustee of 2 other charities
• Stewart Trotter

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).