The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Covent Garden

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Covent Garden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 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, Covent Garden reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £687k to £1.1m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Covent Garden sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 The Cathedral Church of St Peter Bradford (£1.1m), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Jude, Southsea (£1.1m) and The Parochial Church Council and ecclesiastical parish of Kingswinford, St Mary (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 45%, charitable activities 23%, trading 18% and donations and legacies 13%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £24k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 6.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8,002. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.