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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John of Jerusalem with Christ Church, South Hackney

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1134256LondonPoverty relief
Income£239k2025-12-31
Spending£173ksame year
Spent / received88%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctPoverty relief
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John of Jerusalem with Christ Church, South Hackney is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John of Jerusalem with Christ Church, South Hackney reported income of £239k and spending of £173k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £69k to £239k (+246%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 of Jerusalem with Christ Church, South Hackney sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% 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 Memorial Community Church (£239k), Aspatria Dreamscheme Limited (£239k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Covenant of Grace (£239k).

Income and spending

£0£60k£120k£180k£239k2021 Income: £69,2002021 Spending: £79,21820212022 Income: £196,8962022 Spending: £99,36620222023 Income: £86,3152023 Spending: £139,61120232024 Income: £121,3452024 Spending: £136,80420242025 Income: £239,3502025 Spending: £173,3732025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Charity is a Church of England church in South Hackney, East London. It organises Christian worship that is open to all. It assists in the governance of St John of Jerusalem Primary School, contributes volunteers to the Hackney Winter Night Shelter and St Joseph's Hospice, and hosts the Festival Chorus (a community choir) and an Alcoholics Anonymous group.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Memorial Community ChurchLondon£239k
Aspatria Dreamscheme LimitedWigton£239k
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Covenant of GraceLeicester£239k
Whitstable Non-Ecclesiastical CharitiesKent£239k