THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BOTOLPH-WITHOUT-ALDGATE, LONDON

Registered charity 1144290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST BOTOLPH-WITHOUT-ALDGATE PCC, LONDON

CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCH IN ALDGATE, LONDON

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH

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

Causes: Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£597k
Latest spending
£403k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £73,847 against a stated policy target of six months' planned expenditure in cash reserves. The charity reported a net loss of £18,599 for the year, driven by a fall in regular giving and cash collections, although this was partially offset by significant increases in church rate and hirings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' planned expenditure (reserves figure: £74k)
“We also aim to have six months' planned expenditure in cash reserves.”
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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

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

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

Total income
£597k
Total spending
£403k
Reserves (reported)
£74k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£597k£403k
31/12/2024£616k£616k
31/12/2023£1.9m£2.1m
31/12/2022£1.3m£1.1m
31/12/2021£332k£126k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BOTOLPH-WITHOUT-ALDGATE, LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £73,847 against a stated policy target of six months' planned expenditure in cash reserves. The charity reported a net loss of £18,599 for the year, driven by a fall in regular giving and cash collections, although this was partially offset by significant increases in church rate and hirings. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation14/07/2023£3kGrant to St Botolph without Aldgate
City Bridge Foundation26/09/2022£50kGrant to St Botolph without Aldgate
UK government14/10/2020£13kCRF20: St Botolph without Aldgate

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MESSAGE TRUST1£10k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

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 PAUL, EGHAM HYTHE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BOTOLPH-WITHOUT-ALDGATE, LONDON£597k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, EGHAM HYTHE FY2025£95k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, QUEENS PARK, BRIGHTON FY2025£129k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE AND ST PETER FY2025£193kUnder £50,0000unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS WITH ST EDMUND, NORTHAMPTON. FY2025£139k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BEACONSFIELD FY2025£608k—0unclear—no doubt

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