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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT ST BARTHOLOMEW

Registered charity 1163024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREAT ST BARTHOLOMEW, St Bartholomew the Great

Promoting in the Ecclesiastical Parish the whole mission of the Church.

Causes: Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £253,024 in 2025, exceeding the stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reports no longer being dependent on filming income for day-to-day expenditure and confirms adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income from trading activities includes income from fundraising events and trading activities to raise funds for the PCC. Income is received in exchange for supplying goods and services and is recognised when entitlement has occurred. Rental income from the letting of church premises for concerts, filming and other events is recognised when the rental is due.” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £253k)
“The PCC has a policy to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level of £100,000 to cover unplanned emergency repair work and other expenditure.” — page 52
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The PCC has borrowed £65,000 from the Heritage Trust to fund the Cloister development works. Interest at 2.7% per annum is payable on the loan. The original five year repayment date has been extended with agreement from the Trustees of the Heritage Trust. The loan principal will be repaid in 2026.
“The PCC has borrowed £65,000 from the Heritage Trust to fund the Cloister development works. Interest at 2.7% per annum is payable on the loan. The original five year repayment date has been extended with agreement from the Trustees of the Heritage Trust. The loan principal will be repaid in 2026.” — page 77
“The PCC also received donations of £39,000 from the Heritage Trust (2024: £69,789) and £56,800 from the Gatehouse Trust (2024: £31,800).” — page 77
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The PCC also received donations of £39,000 from the Heritage Trust (2024: £69,789) and £56,800 from the Gatehouse Trust (2024: £31,800).
“The PCC has borrowed £65,000 from the Heritage Trust to fund the Cloister development works. Interest at 2.7% per annum is payable on the loan. The original five year repayment date has been extended with agreement from the Trustees of the Heritage Trust. The loan principal will be repaid in 2026.” — page 77
“The PCC also received donations of £39,000 from the Heritage Trust (2024: £69,789) and £56,800 from the Gatehouse Trust (2024: £31,800).” — page 77
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The PCC had one member (2024: 0) who was also an employee of the PCC, and no close family members, whose aggregate remuneration paid amounted to £2,873 (2024: 0). The following payments were made to members of the PCC for professional services supplied to the PCC: Mrs S Kelsey £3,640 for bookkeeping services (2024: £3,640).
“The PCC has borrowed £65,000 from the Heritage Trust to fund the Cloister development works. Interest at 2.7% per annum is payable on the loan. The original five year repayment date has been extended with agreement from the Trustees of the Heritage Trust. The loan principal will be repaid in 2026.” — page 77
“The PCC also received donations of £39,000 from the Heritage Trust (2024: £69,789) and £56,800 from the Gatehouse Trust (2024: £31,800).” — page 77
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments made to the Revd. Marcus Walker by the PCC under this agreement totalled £6,300 (2024: £4,500).
“The PCC has borrowed £65,000 from the Heritage Trust to fund the Cloister development works. Interest at 2.7% per annum is payable on the loan. The original five year repayment date has been extended with agreement from the Trustees of the Heritage Trust. The loan principal will be repaid in 2026.” — page 77
“The PCC also received donations of £39,000 from the Heritage Trust (2024: £69,789) and £56,800 from the Gatehouse Trust (2024: £31,800).” — page 77
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: In 2025, these costs amounted to £42,610 (2024: £41,140). Accommodation costs for the post are wholly paid for by the PCC, and amounted to £35,102 in 2025 (2024: £35,222).
“The PCC has borrowed £65,000 from the Heritage Trust to fund the Cloister development works. Interest at 2.7% per annum is payable on the loan. The original five year repayment date has been extended with agreement from the Trustees of the Heritage Trust. The loan principal will be repaid in 2026.” — page 77
“The PCC also received donations of £39,000 from the Heritage Trust (2024: £69,789) and £56,800 from the Gatehouse Trust (2024: £31,800).” — page 77
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: St Bartholomew Enterprises Ltd
“The PCC holds 100 shares of £1 each in its wholly owned trading subsidiary company St Bartholomew Enterprises Ltd which is incorporated in the United Kingdom.” — page 70
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

ST BARTHOLOMEW ENTERPRISES LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company undertook commercial trading activities for the parent charity (The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great) but was dormant during the year.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£56k
Reserves (reported)
£282k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.6m£1.0m
31/12/2024£971k£1.1m
31/12/2023£984k£931k
31/12/2022£836k£676k
31/12/2021£813k£767k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT ST BARTHOLOMEW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £253,024 in 2025, exceeding the stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reports no longer being dependent on filming income for day-to-day expenditure and confirms adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP.

Who funds THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT ST BARTHOLOMEW?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT ST BARTHOLOMEW as a grant recipient include MOYNITRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MOYNITRUSTFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/02/2024£6k"What Makes a Londoner?: Building Modern Communities Through London?s Early Modern Heritage"

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Side by side with its peers

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF GREAT ST BARTHOLOMEW£1.6m—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH ST. BARTHOLOMEW FY2025£449k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE ASCENSION, HANGER HILL WITH WEST TWYFORD, ST MARY FY2025£168k—0below—noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH FY2024£260k—0unclear3.0%no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL WARWICK FY2023£167k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALDERSBROOK ST GABRIEL FY2024£191k—0above—no doubt

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