THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, UPPER NORWOOD

Registered charity 1144047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S PCC, UPPER NORWOOD

The central purpose of St John's Church is to offer the Mass, pray for the community and the good of all creation. We provide a palace of worship for the community, offer pastoral care, teaching and guidance in the Christian Faith. We offer the sacraments of Baptism, Holy Matrimony and attend to the needs of the departed. This is done within a south-east London Parish which is diverse and lively.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net assets increased to £766,753, driven by a significant £435,000 legacy receipt, resulting in a surplus of £360,629 for the year. The trustees report that the charity's reserves are currently below the stated policy target of £60,000-£70,000, with the CBF Development Fund standing at £63,755, and identify a priority to rebuild this general reserve in 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St John the Evangelist - Upper Norwood (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev JOHN ANTHONY PRITCHARDchair
• Andrew Christopher Gaitskell
• Claudia Noel
• Damon Marcus Stewart Brash
• Frances Wimpress
• JOHN FRANCIS STEPHENS
• Jermaine Weekes
• Julia Margaret Mary Desbruslais
• MARGARET MARY STEPHENS
• Rachael Elizabeth Gledhill
• Rachel Rae
• Robert James Barber
• Roisin Vanessa Colette Wheble
• Suzette Diaz
• TERENCE GORDON ROBERTS

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 JOHN THE EVANGELIST, CHURT AND RUSHMOOR.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, CHURT AND RUSHMOOR income £128k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN BUCKHURST HILL income £416k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, FULHAM income £420k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NEW MALDEN & COOMBE, CHRIST CHURCH & ST JOHN'S income £433k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN-AT-HAMPSTEAD income £477k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, MALDEN income £178k

Side by side with its peers

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