SION COLLEGE

Registered charity 306142 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supports Anglican priestly ministry in London

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£152k

Latest spending

£169k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £16,402 for the year, primarily due to reduced investment income and increased event costs. However, total net assets increased to £4,786,715, driven by a net gain on investments of £283,104. The trustees confirm that current financial holdings and long-term prospects are sufficient to address the deficit and meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £40k; policy: at least enough to generate sufficient income for planned activities in the coming year and to produce annually a budget based upon the forecast income)

“At 31 December 2025, the net current assets of the College, that is those unrestricted funds not designated for specific purposes or held as fixed asset investments, amounted to £39,582” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Canon Roxanne Fay Eversley
DAVID CHARLES JOHN BANKS · trustee of 4 other charities
Paul Robert Edgar Double CVO · trustee of 4 other charities
Rev Christopher Philip Trundle
Rev David Vince Chesney
Rev GRAHAM MARTIN BUCKLE · trustee of 7 other charities
Rev James Barrie Heard · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Jonathan George Frederick Kester FRSA · trustee of 4 other charities
Rev Matthew Duckett
Rev Matthew John Catterick · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Nicol Kinrade · trustee of 3 other charities
Rev Sarah Jamieson Simpson

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	£152k	£169k
31/12/2024	£160k	£164k
31/12/2023	£153k	£168k
31/12/2022	£158k	£190k
31/12/2021	£142k	£137k

Common questions

Is SION COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £16,402 for the year, primarily due to reduced investment income and increased event costs. However, total net assets increased to £4,786,715, driven by a net gain on investments of £283,104. The trustees confirm that current financial holdings and long-term prospects are sufficient to address the deficit and meet liabilities as they fall due. 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
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHANDLER'S FORD	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE VENERABLE ENGLISH COLLEGE TRUST.

THE VENERABLE ENGLISH COLLEGE TRUST income £456k
WINCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE income £14.2m
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH SURBITON HILL WITH EMMANUEL, TOLWORTH income £442k
SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART CIO income £2.4m
SW LONDON VINEYARD income £621k
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SION COLLEGE	£152k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE VENERABLE ENGLISH COLLEGE TRUST FY2025	£456k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WINCHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE FY2025	£14.2m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH SURBITON HILL WITH EMMANUEL, TOLWORTH FY2024	£442k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART CIO FY2025	£2.4m	—	3	below	—	no doubt
SW LONDON VINEYARD FY2025	£621k	£70,000 - £79,000	1	above	—	no doubt

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