THE FUND FOR THE ENDOWMENT OF THE LIVING OF ST STEPHEN'S SOUTH KENSINGTON

Registered charity 241052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH ENDOWMENT FUND, ST STEPHEN'S ENDOWMENT FUND

Supports the incumbent of the Parish of St Stephen, South Kensington, in the Diocese of London and his work

Objects

THE PROMOTION, AIDING AND FOSTERING OF THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN, KENSINGTON BY THE ENDOWMENT OF THE LIVING OF THE INCUMBENT FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE SAID PARISH.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN'S KENSINGTON.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£36k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,397, which is below the Trustees' stated policy target of 12 months' grant expenditure (£32,000). Investment income of £35,631 was sufficient to cover grants of £32,000 and management fees, with the Trustees expecting investment income in 2026 to maintain grants without recourse to reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)

“The Trust’s income arises mainly from investment income and is applied by way of grants. Investment income totalled £35,631” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“Grant expenditure in the year to 31 December 2025 was £32,000, with unrestricted reserves of £11,397” — 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Hulton Colville
James Alexander Fox · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Mark Shull

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£36k	£37k
31/12/2024	£38k	£40k
31/12/2023	£45k	£48k
31/12/2022	£36k	£54k
31/12/2021	£35k	£50k

Common questions

Is THE FUND FOR THE ENDOWMENT OF THE LIVING OF ST STEPHEN'S SOUTH KENSINGTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £11,397, which is below the Trustees' stated policy target of 12 months' grant expenditure (£32,000). Investment income of £35,631 was sufficient to cover grants of £32,000 and management fees, with the Trustees expecting investment income in 2026 to maintain grants without recourse to reserves. 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 SAINT STEPHEN, SOUTH KENSINGTON.

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT STEPHEN, SOUTH KENSINGTON income £322k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, PRESTON income £147k
ST STEPHEN ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY income £35k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, EAST TWICKENHAM income £1.2m
THE LAWRENCE CHARITABLE TRUST income £45k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST LEONARDS ALDRINGTON income £299k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FUND FOR THE ENDOWMENT OF THE LIVING OF ST STEPHEN'S SOUTH KENSINGTON	£36k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT STEPHEN, SOUTH KENSINGTON FY2025	£322k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, PRESTON FY2025	£147k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST STEPHEN ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY FY2025	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, EAST TWICKENHAM FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LAWRENCE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£45k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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