The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Peterborough

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Peterborough is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, environment/conservation/heritage and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Peterborough reported income of £158k and spending of £215k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £108k to £158k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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 John the Baptist, Peterborough sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Marks, Talbot Village, Bournemouth (£158k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Aidans Southcoates (£158k) and Bethesda Baptist Church, Rogerstone (£158k).

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.