Common questions about St Paul's Cathedral's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is St Paul's Cathedral a good charity? +
St Paul's Cathedral scores 86 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 86% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is St Paul's Cathedral a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists St Paul's Cathedral as a registered charity (charity number 1206171). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1206171&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is St Paul's Cathedral's charity number? +
St Paul's Cathedral's charity number is 1206171. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is St Paul's Cathedral's charity rating? +
St Paul's Cathedral scores 86 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does St Paul's Cathedral have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for St Paul's Cathedral. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches St Paul's Cathedral? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 86% of St Paul's Cathedral's total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are St Paul's Cathedral's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 14% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 15% of expenditure (2024); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at St Paul's Cathedral. St Paul's Cathedral's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 22 employees paid more than £60,000, including 4 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does St Paul's Cathedral receive? +
St Paul's Cathedral reported £26m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: limited history.
Are St Paul's Cathedral's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-28). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is St Paul's Cathedral based? +
St Paul's Cathedral's registered contact address is in London (EC4M 8AD). It tells the regulator it operates in London, with a focus on heritage.
How much is St Paul's Cathedral's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. St Paul's Cathedral's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports 22 employees paid more than £60,000, including 4 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does St Paul's Cathedral's money come from? +
St Paul's Cathedral reported £26m total income for the year ending 31 December 2024. The largest sources were charitable activities £18m (71%), trading and fundraising events £3.5m (14%), donations and legacies £2.7m (10%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £40k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to St Paul's Cathedral? +
The register records St Paul's Cathedral as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are St Paul's Cathedral's trustees paid? +
St Paul's Cathedral's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2024 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was St Paul's Cathedral registered as a charity? +
St Paul's Cathedral was entered on the register on 13 December 2023.
How does CharityCompare score St Paul's Cathedral? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in St Paul's Cathedral's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and St Paul's Cathedral's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.