THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HAMPTON WICK

Registered charity 1180021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCC OF ST JOHN'S HAMPTON WICK

St John's is an Anglican church serving the parish of Hampton Wick in the Church of England Diocese of London

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Latest income

£846k

Latest spending

£868k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,179 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £382,857. Despite the deficit, the trustees report the charity is in a good financial position with unrestricted cash of £304,000, which significantly exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £40,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of planned expenditure (held: £304k)

“To ensure that the PCC always has sufficient working capital to meet its obligations to employees and creditors, the members of the PCC established a policy whereby the unrestricted cash held by the PCC should cover three months of planned expenditure after taking into account regular giving. For 2024, to comply with this policy, the members of the PCC determined that the charity should hold unrestricted cash of no less than £40,000.” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from related parties

“received donations totalling £153,974 (2023: £153,775) from related parties (which includes members of the PCC, any other members of key management and anyone closely connected to them). b) paid grants totalling £4,000 (2023: £3,600) to a charity called Room for Work; two members of the PCC (Robin Bell and Garth Watkins) are closely involved in the running of that charity. The PCC also gave Room for Work rent free use of church premises for a total of 164 hours (2023: 136 hours). c) paid employment benefits totalling £1,998 (2023: £952) to a close relative of Daniel Bates, who is a member of the PCC.” — page 30

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£846k

Total spending

£868k

Reserves (reported)

£296k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev JEREMY MARK FIELDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREA TRACEY SISODIA · trustee of 1 other charity
Alice Chan
Andrew Lea
DANIEL ALAN BATES
Emily Martin
Gary Coxon
Margaret Buckley
Melissa Gallant
Philippa Watterson
RONALD ROBIN MCKAY BELL
Rev Anna Rachel Evans
Ruth Blizzard
Tom Simpson

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£846k	£868k
31/12/2023	£881k	£800k
31/12/2022	£683k	£707k
31/12/2021	£708k	£649k
31/12/2020	£643k	£602k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HAMPTON WICK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,179 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £382,857. Despite the deficit, the trustees report the charity is in a good financial position with unrestricted cash of £304,000, which significantly exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £40,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST WICKHAM.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST WICKHAM income £147k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHICKHAM income £132k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS', HAMPTON income £222k
HAMPTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL income £246k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, WALTHAMSTOW income £248k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S, WELLING income £363k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HAMPTON WICK	£846k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WEST WICKHAM FY2025	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WHICKHAM FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS', HAMPTON FY2024	£222k	—	below	—	no doubt
HAMPTON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FY2025	£246k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, WALTHAMSTOW FY2024	£248k	—	above	—	no doubt

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