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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Goring

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1131418WorthingReligion
Income£206k2025-12-31
Spending£200ksame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Goring is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worthing. 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 organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Goring reported income of £206k and spending of £200k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £128k to £206k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Goring sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Foundation of the College of St George Windsor Castle (£206k), Northolt Islamic Centre (£206k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints' Didcot (£206k).

Income and spending

£0£52k£103k£155k£206k2021 Income: £128,2302021 Spending: £147,23920212022 Income: £141,5452022 Spending: £153,83820222023 Income: £148,2292023 Spending: £138,29120232024 Income: £203,2792024 Spending: £151,20020242025 Income: £206,1522025 Spending: £200,2272025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The primary objective of St Mary's and St Laurence's Churches is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the doctrine and practices of the Church of England. The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Reverend Keith Littlejohn, in promoting the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Foundation of the College of St George Windsor CastleWindsor£206k
Northolt Islamic CentreNortholt£206k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints' DidcotDidcot£206k
The Leewood Gospel Hall TrustSuffolk£206k