The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Margate

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Margate is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Margate. 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 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 John the Baptist, Margate reported income of £101k and spending of £103k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £55k to £101k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 John the Baptist, Margate sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transformation Life Centre (£101k), Friends of Cirencester Parish Church (£101k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint John on Bethnal Green (£101k).

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.