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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul, Blandford Forum

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1132519DorsetReligion
Income£248k2025-12-31
Spending£218ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause83rd pctReligion
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul, Blandford Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 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 Peter and St Paul, Blandford Forum reported income of £248k and spending of £218k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £227k to £248k (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 317%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Peter and St Paul, Blandford Forum sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cheam (£248k), Islamic Cultural Centre (Jaame Masjid) (£248k) and Friends of Canterbury Cathedral (£248k).

Income and spending

£0£256k£512k£768k£1.0m2021 Income: £226,5122021 Spending: £74,21120212022 Income: £945,3092022 Spending: £1,024,04520222023 Income: £735,3532023 Spending: £475,47220232024 Income: £259,7872024 Spending: £272,13820242025 Income: £248,3382025 Spending: £218,1312025
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In the charity's own words

Blandford Forum PCC has the responsibility of working with the incubent in promoting the ecclesiastical parish through regullar worship open to all, pastoral work, including visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Taking religious assemblies in schools, providing youth activities with a Christian ethos.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of CheamSurrey£248k
Islamic Cultural Centre (Jaame Masjid)Blackburn£248k
Friends of Canterbury CathedralKent£248k
Trinity Foundation TrustEast Sussex£249k