Purley United Reformed Church

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending December 2025, Purley United Reformed Church reported income of £153k and spending of £175k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £161k to £153k (-5.3%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Purley United Reformed Church sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Celestial Church of Christ (Rehoboth Parish) (£153k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrews, Old Headington (£153k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul, Olney (£153k).