THE TRUSTS DECLARED BY THE ST PAUL'S (PORTMAN SQUARE) ACT 1964

Registered charity 1154084 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PAUL'S TRUST

Help manage and maintain St Paul's Church, Robert Adam Street, part of the parish of All souls Langham Place. The building provides facilities for varied women's, men's, youth and children's groups open to the general public. Activities are run by the parish and outside groups. The building also provides office space for parish workers and a suite of counselling rooms, as well as meeting rooms.

Objects

FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES OF THE PARISH.

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) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,711,702, which substantially exceeds its stated policy target of £291,416. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, supported by diversified income streams and substantial property assets, despite reporting a net expenditure on operations that was absorbed by accumulated reserves.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES ROBERT BRIGHTWELL MA, LLB
• Rev Charles Walter Douglas Skrine · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert George Patrick Turner
• S. HO

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST PAULS CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL AND PARISH ROOM.

• ST PAULS CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL AND PARISH ROOM income £88k
• LANGHAM ARTS TRUST income £778k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S, CLAPHAM income £189k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER'S, ST ALBANS income £689k
• The Parish of Saint Paul Grange-over-Sands income £65k
• THE CHURCH LANDS income £849k

Side by side with its peers

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