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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Knightsbridge

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1134857LondonReligion
Income£984k2025-12-31
Spending£804ksame year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees6latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Knightsbridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Knightsbridge reported income of £984k and spending of £804k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £515k to £984k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Knightsbridge sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darlington Methodist District (£983k), The Methodist Church - Sherwood Forest Circuit (£985k) and The PCC of Harbour Church Portsmouth (£980k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, charitable activities 17% and trading 7.7%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. It employed 6 people.

Income and spending

£0£246k£492k£738k£984k2021 Income: £514,9412021 Spending: £562,15320212022 Income: £632,6902022 Spending: £606,66120222023 Income: £686,5192023 Spending: £793,45520232024 Income: £801,7432024 Spending: £736,77120242025 Income: £983,7582025 Spending: £803,8232025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 75%
  • Charitable activities 17%
  • Trading 7.7%
  • Investments 0.0%

In the charity's own words

St Paul's PCC is required, as stated in the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956, to co-operate with the minister in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Darlington Methodist DistrictDurham£983k
The Methodist Church - Sherwood Forest CircuitNottinghamshire£985k
The PCC of Harbour Church PortsmouthPortsmouth£980k
Tiferes High School LtdLondon£985k