GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY ALDERMARY

Registered charity 1163613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY ALDERMARY GCC

The Guild Church Council has the responsibility of cooperating with the Priest in Charge, in promoting in the Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

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Latest income
£568k
Latest spending
£572k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Guild Church Council made a surplus on incoming resources over expenditure of £4,600 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Total net assets stood at £259,479, with unrestricted reserves of £255,479. The trustees report that the level of reserves held is sufficient and reasonable to maintain the Church's mission.

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): instagram

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

Total income
£568k
Total spending
£572k
Cost of raising funds
£402k
Reserves (reported)
£259k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (93% 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: 70.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 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
31/12/2024£568k£572k
31/12/2023£450k£414k
31/12/2022£325k£298k
31/12/2021£230k£195k
31/12/2020£195k£216k

Common questions

Is GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARY ALDERMARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Guild Church Council made a surplus on incoming resources over expenditure of £4,600 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Total net assets stood at £259,479, with unrestricted reserves of £255,479. The trustees report that the level of reserves held is sufficient and reasonable to maintain the Church's mission. 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£4kGrant to St Mary Aldermary

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