ST STEPHEN ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY

Registered charity 251464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST STEPHEN AND ST NICHOLAS ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES

To further the religious and other charitable works of the Church of England in the parish, being the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen with St James and St John the Baptist, Bristol.

Objects

OBJECT4. ObjectThe objects of the charity are:(i) to further the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in The Parish of Holy Trinity and Saint Stephen’s, Bristol; and (ii) relieving either generally or individually persons in the City of Bristol who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.

Area of benefit: THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST JAMES AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, BRISTOL

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£49k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £45,397 are above the stated policy target of one year's grant payment (£28,800). The charity reports a net decrease in unrestricted funds of £4,951 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding investment income, while endowment funds increased significantly due to investment gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s payment of the grant i.e. £28,800 (reserves figure: £45k)

“Target reserves are deemed to be equivalent to one year’s payment of the grant i.e. £28,800.”

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.

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
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (02/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Howard Beckingham · trustee of 1 other charity
Caroline Duckworth · trustee of 2 other charities
Ian Royce Wilkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Ellis
Millie Rose Peacock
Peter Marshall
Rev Katherine Campion Spall · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£35k	£49k
31/12/2024	£35k	£42k
31/12/2023	£33k	£53k
31/12/2022	£32k	£28k
31/12/2021	£31k	£35k

Common questions

Is ST STEPHEN ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £45,397 are above the stated policy target of one year's grant payment (£28,800). The charity reports a net decrease in unrestricted funds of £4,951 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding investment income, while endowment funds increased significantly due to investment gains. 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
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, STEETON income £75k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST MARK, LEWISHAM income £85k
ST STEPHEN SOCIETY income £98k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN ACOMB YORK income £189k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST STEPHEN ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT STEPHEN, SOUTH KENSINGTON FY2025	£322k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, PRESTON FY2025	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN, STEETON FY2025	£75k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST STEPHEN WITH ST MARK, LEWISHAM FY2025	£85k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST STEPHEN SOCIETY FY2025	£98k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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