St Paul's Cathedral

Analysis

St Paul's Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Paul's Cathedral reported income of £26.6m and spending of £24.9m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income grew from £25.8m to £26.6m (+2.9%), an average of +2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St Paul's Cathedral sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British and Foreign Bible Society (£26.2m), St Benedict's School Ealing (£27.0m) and Stonyhurst (£25.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, trading 13%, donations and legacies 11% and investments 5.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4,000. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £17.2m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 267 people.