THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE GUILD CHURCH OF ST DUNSTAN-IN-THE-WEST, FLEET STREET, LONDON

Registered charity 1203990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GCC OF ST DUNSTAN-IN-THE-WEST

St Dunstan's serves the non resident day-time population around Fleet Street. The church holds weekly Holy Communion services in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the church of England at 12.30pm on Tuesdays & regular concerts on Wednsdays. St Dunstan's also hosts the Romanian Orthodox congregation, local choirs and musicians. The church is open to visitors and private prayer on weekdays.

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.

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

Latest income

£101k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £3,910 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a net expenditure in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £193,798, while the charity aims to maintain reserves equivalent to six months of expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of expenditure (reserves figure: £194k)

“The GCC aims to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds equal to approximately six months of expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

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

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

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

Government income: £21,702 — grants £21,702 (3); 12% of the £181,421 total gross income on the same return
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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Dunstan-in-the-West (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Anthony Graham Howechair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Charles Robert Barnett
DAVID POWELL · trustee of 3 other charities
MATTHEW OWEN BURROUGHS · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBIN WILLIAM PATRICK HAMILTON HAY
Richard James Sherratt

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£101k	£97k
31/12/2024	£181k	£213k

Common questions

Is THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE GUILD CHURCH OF ST DUNSTAN-IN-THE-WEST, FLEET STREET, LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income surplus of £3,910 for the year ended 31 December 2025, reversing a net expenditure in the prior year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £193,798, while the charity aims to maintain reserves equivalent to six months of expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2025 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 DUNSTAN FELTHAM.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN FELTHAM income £97k
THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST KATHARINE CREE income £321k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN, MONKS RISBOROUGH income £112k
CORNERSTONE FOUNTAIN CHURCH income £77k
THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL HALLOWS ON THE WALL income £145k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, STAMFORD income £209k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE GUILD CHURCH OF ST DUNSTAN-IN-THE-WEST, FLEET STREET, LONDON	£101k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN FELTHAM FY2025	£97k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST KATHARINE CREE FY2025	£321k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN, MONKS RISBOROUGH FY2025	£112k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNERSTONE FOUNTAIN CHURCH FY2025	£77k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL HALLOWS ON THE WALL FY2025	£145k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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