The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill reported income of £686k and spending of £428k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £297k to £686k (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Okapi Fund for Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (£685k), Lifespring Church (£686k) and The Old Enfield Charitable Trust (£685k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68%, charitable activities 28% and trading 3.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £280k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £298k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.