ST PETER'S BETHNAL GREEN

Registered charity 1154668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote in the parish the whole mission of the Church with a focus to worship God, make friends and change the world. This is achieved through working alongside a number of organisations as partners in undertaking mercy, justice and evangelism, practically, financially and/or in encouraging people to volunteer, and receiving support from them to fulfil our calling as a local church.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £317,451 at year-end, which is above its stated policy target of £58,000. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding its financial stability.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Philippa Cookchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Abby Marie Ewing
• Jessica Emilia Martin
• Joy Middleton
• Pamela Haluwa · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Henry Ellis
• Richard Joel Herbert
• Tim Lovell

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

Operates in: Hackney · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Pamela Haluwa — trustee here and at HENRY FAWCETT FUND

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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