THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, BIRMINGHAM

Registered charity 1203793 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PAUL'S PCC, BIRMINGHAM

Religious activities; community development; heritage, cultural, and arts venue and programme; support for Iranian asylum seekers and refugees.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£144k
Latest spending
£92k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £51,904 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted cash balances of £108,742. The trustees report that this cash balance, along with amounts payable to and by the PCC, met their stated reserves policy target of at least three months' unrestricted payments. The document notes that the Diocese's finances are straitened, but the PCC increased its contribution to the Common Fund and maintains a risk register and safeguarding policies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted payments (held: £109k)
“It is PCC policy to try to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds that equates to at least three months' unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to £13,385.” — page 5
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£144k£92k
31/12/2024£170k£86k
31/12/2023£92k£88k

Common questions

Is THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, BIRMINGHAM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £51,904 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted cash balances of £108,742. The trustees report that this cash balance, along with amounts payable to and by the PCC, met their stated reserves policy target of at least three months' unrestricted payments. The document notes that the Diocese's finances are straitened, but the PCC increased its contribution to the Common Fund and maintains a risk register and safeguarding policies. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.