ST PETER'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1177879 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Christian retreat house and conference centre in Woking Surrey. Runs grant making trust for local healthcare and disability charities.

Causes: Disability · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£708k

Latest spending

£974k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £266,418 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by rising inflationary costs and high building expenditure. However, the charity's net assets increased to £17,920,668 due to significant gains on investments and property revaluations. The trustees confirmed the charity is in a strong financial position and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-29k; policy: about 4 months of operating costs, that is to say, £250,000)

“At the end of the year the Charity had negative free reserves of £28,722 (2024 positive reverses: £20,662), reflecting the fact that funds sit primarily with the investment managers and are drawn down as required.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £510k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income

£708k

Total spending

£974k

Cost of raising funds

£59k

Reserves (reported)

£15.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~194.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (54% 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: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Gregory George Collins
Helen Elizabeth Sloan
Keith Maynard
MARIAN SIMONE CAROLE RUDALL · trustee of 2 other charities
Neil Thomas
Nicola Frances Whaley
Rachel Margaret Hill
Rev Lucy Brierley
Rev Martin Christopher Breadmore · trustee of 1 other charity
Rohit Leandro Antao

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£708k	£974k
31/12/2024	£695k	£855k
31/12/2023	£687k	£754k
31/12/2022	£566k	£692k
31/12/2021	£527k	£608k

Common questions

Is ST PETER'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £266,418 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by rising inflationary costs and high building expenditure. However, the charity's net assets increased to £17,920,668 due to significant gains on investments and property revaluations. The trustees confirmed the charity is in a strong financial position and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Alliotts LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, WOKING.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, WOKING income £183k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, WOKING income £103k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, HAMMERSMITH income £212k
ST PETER'S SHARED CHURCH income £166k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, COLCHESTER income £170k
COMMUNITY OF ST PETER, HORBURY income £134k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST PETER'S CHARITY	£708k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, WOKING FY2024	£183k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, WOKING FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, HAMMERSMITH FY2025	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST PETER'S SHARED CHURCH FY2024	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, COLCHESTER FY2025	£170k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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