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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin and St Paul, Canterbury

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1133979CanterburyReligion
Income£215k2025-12-31
Spending£215ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin and St Paul, Canterbury is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in February 2010, 16 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 Martin and St Paul, Canterbury reported income of £215k and spending of £215k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £224k to £215k (-4.0%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Martin and St Paul, Canterbury 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 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Church Seaford (£215k), The Saint Peter's Vauxhall Mission Initiative (£215k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Buxton (£215k).

Income and spending

£0£56k£112k£168k£224k2021 Income: £224,1442021 Spending: £197,52320212022 Income: £161,3682022 Spending: £190,43120222023 Income: £222,8822023 Spending: £214,47520232024 Income: £223,2092024 Spending: £214,47520242025 Income: £215,1642025 Spending: £214,7232025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Anglican parish for South East Canterbury promoting therein the Christian Faith, good community relations, care for all, especially the disadvantaged, welcoming of visitors, friendly relations with other churches in the City, and responsible for the maintenance of two historic churches, one of which is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site and is the oldest parish church in England.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Life Church SeafordEast Sussex£215k
The Saint Peter's Vauxhall Mission InitiativeLondon£215k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of BuxtonBuxton£215k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Edmund or St James, BlunhamBedford£215k