THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, UPPER HOLLOWAY

Registered charity 1198307 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JOHN'S UPPER HOLLOWAY PCC

Church of England church - religious organisation and community outreach

Objects

PROMOTING IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£375k
Latest spending
£305k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts increased to £375,463 from £259,066 in the previous year, driven largely by a significant rise in grant income. Total expenditure was £305,421, resulting in a net movement in funds of £68,185 and closing net assets of £730,681. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £278,397, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£57,726).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of regular expenditure (reserves figure: £278k)
“The PCC has set out a reserves policy to maintain 3 months of regular expenditure based on historic and projected operating costs. The reserves are to be unrestricted funds of a cash nature that are freely available to be spent on charitable purposes.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Emily Pinkney, a PCC member, received £26,253 for employment.
“Emily Pinkney 26,253 PCC Member Employment”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Emily Pinkney, a PCC member, received £26,253 for employment. The document states this is for employment, not reimbursement of expenses.
“Emily Pinkney 26,253 PCC Member Employment”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£375k£305k
31/12/2024£259k£291k
31/12/2023£177k£158k
31/12/2022£151k£136k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, UPPER HOLLOWAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts increased to £375,463 from £259,066 in the previous year, driven largely by a significant rise in grant income. Total expenditure was £305,421, resulting in a net movement in funds of £68,185 and closing net assets of £730,681. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £278,397, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£57,726). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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