The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Bedford

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Bedford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul, Bedford reported income of £346k and spending of £504k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £219k to £346k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Paul, Bedford sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints with St John the Baptist Stamford (£346k), New Horizons Coventry (£346k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George-In-The-East with St Paul (£346k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.