Buckingham Parish Church

Analysis

Buckingham Parish Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckingham. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Buckingham Parish Church reported income of £531k and spending of £506k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £383k to £531k (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Buckingham Parish Church sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beth Shmuel Synagogue Limited (£530k), Derby Circuit of the Methodist Church (£532k) and The Warehouse Church UK (£529k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, charitable activities 7.5%, trading 3.6% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £188k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.