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Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Cambridge

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1132965CambridgePoverty relief
Income£284k2025-12-31
Spending£295ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctPoverty relief
Registered2009Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Cambridge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Cambridge reported income of £284k and spending of £295k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £260k to £284k (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Cambridge sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Severn Vineyard (£284k), Swan Youth Project (Norfolk) Ltd (£284k) and Your Seva (£284k).

Income and spending

£0£108k£217k£325k£434k2021 Income: £259,9052021 Spending: £263,44620212022 Income: £353,9402022 Spending: £433,97420222023 Income: £271,3792023 Spending: £229,77320232024 Income: £306,1302024 Spending: £287,02420242025 Income: £284,2842025 Spending: £294,5012025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

St Paul's Church and Community Centre is a Church of England parish church just to the south of Cambridge city centre in the diocese of Ely. Its mission is to share the love of God in word and action. It provides space for people to pray and worship; to become part of a loving community through its outreach and community meals; and hires out its rooms to help support its mission.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Severn VineyardBristol£284k
Swan Youth Project (Norfolk) LtdDownham Market£284k
Your SevaBirmingham£284k
Mildmay Community PartnershipLondon£285k