FRIENDS OF ST PAULS

Registered charity 261905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Council aims to achieve the Friends' objects of fellowship and fundraising to support St Paul's often in both time and money, by promoting membership of the Friends, producing the twice-yearly Dome magazine, organising self-financing social activities for members, and making financial grants to the Corporation of the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London out of net funds raised including legacies.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION OF THE FABRIC OF ST PAULS CATHEDRAL AND THE MAINTAINANCE OF THE CATHEDRAL THE BUILDINGS USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH THE ORNAMENTS AND FURNISHINGS THEREOF THE SERVICES HELD THEREIN THE MUSICAL FOUNDATION THEREOF AND THE LIBRARY THEREOF.

Area of benefit: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL AND ITS PRECINCTS.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£114k

Latest spending

£113k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £1,049 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £44,169. However, the trustees have concluded that the charity will merge with St Paul’s Cathedral and donate its entire assets, meaning the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern with activities treated as discontinued.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £40,000 (reserves figure: £44k)

“The target level of free reserves was agreed at £40,000 to approximately cover the annual running costs of the Friends” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“The going concern basis is therefore not appropriate for these financial statements and all activities have been treated as discontinued.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity awarded St Paul’s Cathedral grants totalling £70,000 (2024: £45,000). As at the year-end grants totalling £70,000 (2024: £45,000) were owed to the Cathedral. As at the year-end £8,901 was due from the Cathedral (2024: £17,477 due to the Cathedral) in relation to income and costs received by or paid for by the Cathedral and recharged to the Charity.

“The Charity awarded St Paul’s Cathedral grants totalling £70,000 (2024: £45,000). As at the year-end grants totalling £70,000 (2024: £45,000) were owed to the Cathedral. As at the year-end £8,901 was due from the Cathedral (2024: £17,477 due to the Cathedral) in relation to income and costs received by or paid for by the Cathedral and recharged to the Charity.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Brebners. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Prain Hendry
Alexandra Elizabeth Scott
Dr PHILLIP RICE · trustee of 3 other charities
Laura Mary Callan
Michael Tadman
Rev Catherine Okoronkwo
Sheila Nicoll OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
YODIA LO
Yemi Ilumoka

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£114k	£113k
31/12/2024	£87k	£88k
31/12/2023	£168k	£322k
31/12/2022	£68k	£172k
31/12/2021	£98k	£171k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF ST PAULS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £1,049 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £44,169. However, the trustees have concluded that the charity will merge with St Paul’s Cathedral and donate its entire assets, meaning the financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern with activities treated as discontinued. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Brebners.

Who funds FRIENDS OF ST PAULS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF ST PAULS as a grant recipient include THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	FY2022	£35k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	FY2021	£9k	General charitable purpose donations

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL.

THE FRIENDS OF SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL income £39k
THE FRIENDS OF LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL income £34k
THE FRIENDS OF ST DAVIDS CATHEDRAL income £1.0m
FRIENDS OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL income £87k
FRIENDS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL income £29k
FRIENDS OF ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL income £28k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF ST PAULS	£114k	—	0	above	—	not going concern
THE FRIENDS OF SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL FY2025	£39k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL FY2025	£34k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ST DAVIDS CATHEDRAL FY2025	£1.0m	more than £60,000	1	below	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL FY2025	£87k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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