THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST LAURENCE

Registered charity 1165174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LAURENCE CHURCH

We are a Church of England church in Reading who have a particular heart for seeing young people transformed by the love and power of Jesus Christ.

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Latest income

£128k

Latest spending

£178k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £121,643 to £77,929 due to a net expenditure exceeding income. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £77,929, though no specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grant received from related charity

“During the year St Laurence Church In Reading received income by the way of grants of £70,000 (2024: £66,631) from a related charity called St Laurence Ecclesiastical Charities. Due to mutual a number of trusteeship's between the PCC and St Laurence Ecclesiastical Charities the two organisations are related parties.” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

BENJAMIN Abram-Blackledge
Bethany Ranger
Casey Byrne
Felicia Gaie Booysen
Lee Smith
Mr C Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
Shanthi Augustus

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£128k	£178k
31/12/2024	£197k	£186k
31/12/2023	£125k	£127k
31/12/2022	£130k	£124k
31/12/2021	£228k	£202k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST LAURENCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £121,643 to £77,929 due to a net expenditure exceeding income. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £77,929, though no specific reserves policy target is stated in the document. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAWRENCE EFFINGHAM WITH ALL SAINTS LITTLE BOOKHAM.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF ST LAURENCE	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAWRENCE EFFINGHAM WITH ALL SAINTS LITTLE BOOKHAM FY2025	£160k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, CATFORD FY2024	£358k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, READING FY2024	£163k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LEONARDS ON SEA, ST LEONARD AND ST ETHELBURGA FY2025	£117k	—	above	3.2%	noted
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. LAWRENCE'S, HATFIELD FY2025	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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