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ST LUKE'S PAROCHIAL TRUST

Registered charity 207497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST LUKE'S TRUST

MULTI-PURPOSE NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARITY WITH A LARGE COMMUNITY CENTRE SERVING PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE WARD OF BUNHILL IN THE SOUTH OF ISLINGTON. THE TRUST PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ANCHOR SERVICES, INCLUDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CARE FOR THE EDLERLY, AND PROVIDES PUBLIC SPACE FOR USE BY OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £391,114 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following three consecutive years of deficit budgeting. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased to £10.1 million, with the general fund representing 8 months of operating expenditure, while the trustees have set a target to achieve a break-even budget for the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.7m; policy: 12 months of annual budgeted unrestricted expenditure)
“The current balance represents 8 months (2023: 9 months) of operating expenditure in normal conditions. It is the trustees' aim to grow and maintain the general fund at 12 months of annual budgeted unrestricted expenditure”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Don Kehoe, a trustee until Dec 2024, is a director of the trading subsidiary and the London Capital Credit Union, in which the charity holds £50,877 in investments.
“Don Kehoe was a trustee of St Luke's Parochial Trust until 4th December 2024 and remains a director of St Luke's Trading Limited and of the London Capital Credit Union. St Luke's holds investments totalling £50,877 in the London Capital Credit Union” — page 41
“Michael Dawson is a trustee of St Luke's Parochial Trust and a partner at Hogan Lovells. Hogan Lovells donated £18,000 and provided volunteer support to the charity during the year” — page 41
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Hogan Lovells, where trustee Michael Dawson is a partner, donated £18,000 and provided volunteer support.
“Don Kehoe was a trustee of St Luke's Parochial Trust until 4th December 2024 and remains a director of St Luke's Trading Limited and of the London Capital Credit Union. St Luke's holds investments totalling £50,877 in the London Capital Credit Union” — page 41
“Michael Dawson is a trustee of St Luke's Parochial Trust and a partner at Hogan Lovells. Hogan Lovells donated £18,000 and provided volunteer support to the charity during the year” — page 41
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity received £190,363 from the London Borough of Islington, where three trustees are councillors and the Chair's spouse is the Council Leader.
“Don Kehoe was a trustee of St Luke's Parochial Trust until 4th December 2024 and remains a director of St Luke's Trading Limited and of the London Capital Credit Union. St Luke's holds investments totalling £50,877 in the London Capital Credit Union” — page 41
“Michael Dawson is a trustee of St Luke's Parochial Trust and a partner at Hogan Lovells. Hogan Lovells donated £18,000 and provided volunteer support to the charity during the year” — page 41
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Luke's Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£2.6m
Cost of raising funds
£647k
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
54

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (35% 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: 42.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.5m£2.6m
31/12/2023£1.5m£2.8m
31/12/2022£1.2m£2.2m
31/12/2021£1.3m£1.9m
31/12/2020£1.7m£2.1m

Common questions

Is ST LUKE'S PAROCHIAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £391,114 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following three consecutive years of deficit budgeting. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased to £10.1 million, with the general fund representing 8 months of operating expenditure, while the trustees have set a target to achieve a break-even budget for the following year. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds ST LUKE'S PAROCHIAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ST LUKE'S PAROCHIAL TRUST as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY, THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUST, CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION, DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2023£75kPrincipal Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2022£60kHealth and Welfare - Principal Grants
THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£21k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kIslington Giving Islington Food Fund
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2022£13kGrants and funding for pensions
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2025£10kCloudesley Partner Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2025£10kLarge Health Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2023£9kOlder & Disabled People Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2022£9kHealth and Welfare - Cloudesley Partners
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2023£8kCloudesley Partners Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2024£8kHealth and Welfare Grant (via Partners)
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2023£7kcommunity centre services
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kIslington Giving Crisis Appeal Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2022£4kSupporting Families
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£4kIslington Giving Catalyst Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2024£4kIslington Giving Catalyst
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£4kCripplegate Ward Catalyst Grants
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2024£3kcommunity centre services
DULWICH ALMSHOUSE CHARITYFY2025£3kcommunity centre services and activities
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kIslington Giving Catalyst Grants
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kIslington Giving Food Fund Grants
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE COOKS CHARITYFY2025£990The Elizabeth Fund
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2024£0Health and Welfare Grant
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEYFY2024£0Health and Welfare Grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2025£20kDishing Out Wellness
UK government22/09/2020£50kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund11/10/2019£10kCentral Street Community Cooks
City Bridge Foundation06/06/2019£2kEco audit to St Luke's Parochial Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2016£318kGrowing Connections
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/01/2016£10k"The Cabinet of Non Conformity"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/10/2012£10k"'Garibaldi & Gelato' : Italian Clerkenwell's heritage on a plate"
The National Lottery Community Fund11/10/2012£9kjournalrhythm
City Bridge Foundation17/03/2011£50kGrant to St Luke's Parochial Trust

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 LUKE, SEVENOAKS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST LUKE'S PAROCHIAL TRUST£1.5m——below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, SEVENOAKS FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE WEST KILBURN FY2024£813k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE THE EVANGELIST YORK FY2024£135k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, BATTERSEA FY2024£620k—0below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH,ST LUKE FY2025£180k—0above—noted

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