THE CITY OF LONDON ENDOWMENT TRUST FOR ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

Registered charity 285023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make annual grants to St Paul's Cathedral

Objects

(1) FOR PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. (2) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS AND EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUILDINGS AND ACCOMMODATION AT THE DEANERY AMEN COURT AND THE CHAPTER HOUSE PROVIDED FOR THE CLERGY AND LAY OFFICIALS SERVING ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. (3) FOR PAYMENT OF ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RUNNING OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR SCHOOL. (4) FOR PAYMENT OF STIPENDS AND EXPENSES OF THE CLERGY AND LAY OFFICIALS SERVING ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. (5) FOR PAYMENT OF COSTS AND EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROVISION OF MUSIC FOR ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. (6) FOR PAYMENT OF WAGES FOR THE VERGERS AND ALL OTHER STAFF EMPLOYED THEREIN. (7) FOR THE PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE FABRIC OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. (8) GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £12,221,451, which the Trustees consider sufficient to continue support to St. Paul’s Cathedral during income fluctuations. The Trust reported a net movement in funds of £374,030 for the year, driven by investment gains that exceeded charitable expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars 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.

• 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)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVINA JANE WALTER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dominic Peter Corti Emmerson · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOSEPH GURNEY BARCLAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Luke Arthur Ponsonby · trustee of 4 other charities
• Richard William James Parry · trustee of 4 other charities
• ULRIC DAVID BARNETT

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GARFIELD WESTON TRUST FOR ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

• GARFIELD WESTON TRUST FOR ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL income £124k
• BRISTOL CATHEDRAL TRUST income £3.1m
• TRUST PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PATRIARCHAL RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PARISH IN LONDON income £1.0m
• MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £114k
• NORWICH CATHEDRAL TRUST income £43k
• CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL MILLENNIUM ENDOWMENT TRUST income £295k

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