Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION 

To raise funds for the maintenance and repair of St Paul's Cathedral and to further its work in the following areas:theological and educational workmusic and music educational workthe work of the Cathedral as a diocesan, national and international institution
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 24 years

www.stpauls.co.uk

foundation@stpaulscathedral.org.uk

02072468311

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£843£4,351£-3,508£15£981£6881.900
31/12/21£3,002£1,355£1,648£15£4,490£5204.600
31/12/20£1,553£80£1,472£30£2,842£3074600
31/12/19£596£1,380£-784£19£1,369£0n/a00
31/12/18£1,620£780£840£14£2,150£1211.9024
31/12/17£589£478£111£12£1,309£80200
31/12/16£862£867£-5£8£1,198£69100
31/12/15£2,414£2,118£296£89£1,203£3351.900
31/12/14£1,754£2,385£-631£17£906£3001.500
31/12/13£746£1,230£-484£210£1,537£202200
31/12/12£473£748£-275£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£528£1,805£-1,277£381£2,297£1,4971040
31/12/10£1,363£2,933£-1,569£327£3,574£2,1458.850
31/12/09£1,501£2,087£-586£349£5,143£1,5969.250
31/12/08£2,523£3,178£-655£411£5,729£2,2648.550
31/12/07£3,536£3,905£-369£516£6,384£2,8408.750
31/12/06£2,542£2,651£-108£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£3,027£3,123£-96£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£7,952£6,675£1,277£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 24.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Religious Activities
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • City Of London,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£3,000,000
Wolfson Foundation£275,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
Rothschild Foundation£100,000
The Foyle Foundation£75,000
The Grocers' Charity£48,056
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Haberdashers' Company - Contribution to the work of St Paul's
£500 25/01/2023
Annual award
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Fabric Fund - St Paul's Cathedral Foundation
£5,000 21/10/2022
to support the cathedral upkeep
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Education - St Paul's Cathedral School
£10,352 21/10/2022
Bursary
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-St Paul's Cathedral School
£10,352 22/10/2021
Bursary
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-St Paul's Cathedral Foundation
£5,000 22/10/2021
Towards the upkeep on St Paul's Cathedral.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£75,000 16/09/2021
towards the full-time one-year costs of the Object Conservator and Archivist (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 09/07/2021
Remember Me
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to St Paul’s Cathedral Foundation
£100,000 02/07/2021
St Paul's Cathedral's Remember Me memorial to lives lost to Covid-19
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Cathedral
£25,000 10/06/2021
Covid-19 memorial project ('Remember Me')
DCMS - CRF21 The Cathedral Church of St Paul in London
£875,000 19/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - CRF20: St Paul's Cathedral
£2,125,000 14/10/2020
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - St. Paul's Cathedral School
£10,352 30/09/2020
Bursary
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Cathedral
£250,000 11/06/2020
Library restoration
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 St. Paul's Cathedral School
£7,000 25/10/2019
Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 01/10/2018
Hackney Choral To give excluded young people a voice through the discipline of choral music. This collaboration between St Paul’s Cathedral, St Paul’s West Hackney, local schools and families ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 30/09/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 30/09/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,917 30/09/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Friends Provident Foundation - St Paul's Cathedral Foundation - Fair Pay for Fair Work
£20,500 14/03/2017
This project is intended to bridge the gap between sector-based evidence, political rhetoric and public sentiment in an authentic way, renewing levels of trust by focusing on a shared vision for ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-65
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2000, number: 1082711
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/07/2000, number: 04040667
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
THE CHAPTERHOUSE
ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
LONDON
EC4M 8AD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(A) THE MAINTENANCE RESTORATION REPAIR AND CONSERVATION OF AND THE UNDERTAKING OF WORKS TO THE FABRIC OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST PAUL IN LONDON (THE CATHEDRAL)(B) TO FURTHER THE THEOLOGICAL AND ADULT EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE CATHEDRAL(C) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSICAL EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE CATHEDRAL AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGAN AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS IN THE CATHEDRAL AND THE MUSICAL TRAINING OF THE CHOIRS AND MUSICIANS OF THE CATHEDRAL AND OF THE CHORISTERS AT THE ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL(D) TO PROMOTE THE WORK AND MISSION OF THE CATHEDRAL AS A DIOCESAN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION

Defined Area of Benefit:

ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AND ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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