The City of London Endowment Trust for St Paul's Cathedral

Analysis

The City of London Endowment Trust for St Paul's Cathedral is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The City of London Endowment Trust for St Paul's Cathedral reported income of £350k and spending of £687k, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £308k to £350k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 137% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The City of London Endowment Trust for St Paul's Cathedral sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen, Norwich (£350k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Rayleigh (£350k) and North Lancashire Methodist Circuit (£350k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.