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.

Objects

1. PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN 5 YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT OR A CONSECUTIVE PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 15 YEARS AT ANY TIME. 2. (A) FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: FORMER PARISH OF ST LUKE OLD STREET

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit of £654,258 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following a net investment gain of £220,785. Total income increased to £1,747,138, significantly boosted by a one-off pension scheme rebate of £158,851. The trustees' report indicates that unrestricted free reserves (the General Fund) represent nine months of operating expenditure, which is below the stated policy target of 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~44.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (31% 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: 39.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• St Luke's Trustee Limited

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST LUKE'S NEIGHBOURHOOD TRUST.

• ST LUKE'S NEIGHBOURHOOD TRUST income £78k
• ST LUKE'S CHURCH income £980k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LUKE, THURNBY, LEICESTER income £329k
• ST LUKES TRUST LIMITED income £387k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BATH,ST LUKE income £180k
• ST. LUKE'S HALL income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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