ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 1206171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CORPORATION OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PAUL IN LONDON

St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican Cathedral Church of the Diocese of London offering daily worship, and a focus for spirituality, prayer, learning and outreach. It is the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese. The Cathedral is also a historical monument, built by Sir Christopher Wren to the glory of God, which welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Cathedral exceeded its financial target, generating a surplus on unrestricted funds of £4.2m and increasing total net assets to £58.3m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £16.3m are within the established target range of £15.0m to £18.4m, representing 12 months of operating expenditure. The trustees confirm there is no material uncertainty regarding the ability to continue as a going concern through December 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 03313320

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 11.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• The Very Revd Andrew Tremlettchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alison Jane Gowman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Clement Hutton-Mills · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Paula Gooder · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Bowen · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mervyn Stuart McCullagh
• Morag Ellis KC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Michael Aiers OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Catherine Okoronkwo
• Rev Philip Charles Banks · trustee of 1 other charity
• SHEILA ANNE NICOLL

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Rev Philip Charles Banks — trustee here and at THE ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHORISTER TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CITY OF LONDON ENDOWMENT TRUST FOR ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

• THE CITY OF LONDON ENDOWMENT TRUST FOR ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL income £350k
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF ELY income £4.3m
• GARFIELD WESTON TRUST FOR ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL income £124k
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY AND OF SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL AND OF SAINT SWITHUN OF WINCHESTER income £6.4m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, BLESSED MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST CUTHBERT OF DURHAM income £5.9m
• THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST ANDREW IN WELLS income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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