ST SIMON'S MISSION HALL AND COFFEE TAVERN TRUST

Registered charity 274794 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To assist with the maintenance of St. Simon's Church, the advancement of religious activities in Southsea and the advancement and education of children and young people in the local area and members of St. Simon's Church by making grants and donations.

Objects

PREMISES TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF WORSHIP OF ALMIGHTY GOD. OTHERWISE INCOME MAY BE APPLIED IN FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. SIMON, SOUTHSEA.

Area of benefit: ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. SIMON, SOUTHSEA

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: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£75k

Latest spending

£92k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £17,591 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in net assets of £196,492. The trustees confirm the Trust is solvent and in a good position to continue its work, holding £158,138 in cash at bank. The filing notes that the financial information was compiled by an independent examiner and does not achieve full compliance with UK GAAP.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

PATRICIA GRIFFITHSchair
John Charles Bazley
MARGARET BURKE
MICHAEL RICHARD TAYLOR
Michael Walters
PATRICK CLARK JOLLY · trustee of 1 other charity
Philip Francis Gower

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

Operates in: Portsmouth City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£75k	£92k
31/12/2024	£67k	£70k
31/12/2023	£72k	£114k
31/12/2022	£46k	£40k
31/12/2021	£61k	£69k

Common questions

Is ST SIMON'S MISSION HALL AND COFFEE TAVERN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £17,591 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in net assets of £196,492. The trustees confirm the Trust is solvent and in a good position to continue its work, holding £158,138 in cash at bank. The filing notes that the financial information was compiled by an independent examiner and does not achieve full compliance with UK GAAP. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£438k
THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£130k
CHALFORDS LIMITED	1	£114k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£65k
THE EXEMPLAR TRUST	1	£20k
UTILITA GIVING	1	£16k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	1	£10k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STAINES CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL.

STAINES CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL income £182k
THE FOUNTAIN TRUST income £115k
MTT FOUNDATION income £487k
Sound Church income £943k
ACTION STATION SOUTH TYNESIDE LIMITED income £182k
ST JAMES MAR THOMA CHURCH-UK income £338k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST SIMON'S MISSION HALL AND COFFEE TAVERN TRUST	£75k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STAINES CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL FY2026	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOUNTAIN TRUST FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MTT FOUNDATION FY2024	£487k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Sound Church FY2025	£943k	—	above	—	no doubt
ACTION STATION SOUTH TYNESIDE LIMITED FY2026	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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