The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John and St Leonard Bedford

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John and St Leonard Bedford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in September 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 St John and St Leonard Bedford reported income of £128k and spending of £151k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £156k to £128k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 and St Leonard Bedford sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Monkwearmouth Durham (£128k), Coney Hill Baptist Church (£128k) and Zion Baptist Church (Tenterden) (£128k).

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.