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The Parochial Church Council of the United Benefice of Godstone and Blindley Heath

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1143975SurreyReligion
Income£100k2025-12-31
Spending£133ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause62nd pctReligion
Registered2011Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the United Benefice of Godstone and Blindley Heath is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the United Benefice of Godstone and Blindley Heath reported income of £100k and spending of £133k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £94k to £100k (+6.1%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 United Benefice of Godstone and Blindley Heath 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 Norton Methodist Church (£100k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, Hillingdon (£100k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John with St Andrew Peckham (£100k).

Income and spending

£0£33k£67k£100k£133k2021 Income: £94,2742021 Spending: £92,82320212022 Income: £124,3762022 Spending: £93,25820222023 Income: £93,2732023 Spending: £90,28620232024 Income: £117,3352024 Spending: £107,60620242025 Income: £99,9782025 Spending: £133,3882025
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Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

The Benefice comprises 3 churches-the parish of St Nicholas serving the community of Godstone;St Stephen's church serving the community of South Godstone; the parish of St John serving the community of Blindley Heath. The primary function is to provide a faith and worship centre in each community in accordance with the traditional parochial and pastoral ministry of the Church of England

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Norton Methodist ChurchStockton-On-Tees£100k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist, HillingdonMiddx£100k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John with St Andrew PeckhamSandwich£100k
Rodbourne Baptist ChurchSwindon£100k