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St John's United Reformed Church Orpington Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1135421OrpingtonReligion
Income£227k2025-12-31
Spending£275ksame year
Spent / received63%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctReligion
Registered2010Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

St John's United Reformed Church Orpington Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St John's United Reformed Church Orpington Charity reported income of £227k and spending of £275k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £217k to £227k (+4.7%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 213%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, St John's United Reformed Church Orpington Charity sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% 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 Sinai Synagogue, Leeds (£227k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Eastbourne (£227k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Leonard's, Chesham Bois (£227k).

Income and spending

£0£178k£356k£535k£713k2021 Income: £217,1812021 Spending: £245,90620212022 Income: £227,7802022 Spending: £227,67320222023 Income: £712,7502023 Spending: £287,52120232024 Income: £646,8722024 Spending: £253,26620242025 Income: £227,3782025 Spending: £274,7462025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Advancement of the Christian Faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Scheme of Union of the United Reformed Church

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Sinai Synagogue, LeedsLeeds£227k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, EastbourneEast Sussex£227k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Leonard's, Chesham BoisBuckinghamshire£227k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter & St Paul, MansfieldMansfield£228k