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The Parochial Church Council of St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring on Thames

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1152514ReadingReligion
Income£126k2025-12-31
Spending£121ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause67th pctReligion
Registered2013Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring on Thames is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in June 2013, 13 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 St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring on Thames reported income of £126k and spending of £121k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £218k to £126k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 29%. 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 St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring on Thames sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Forest Row (£126k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Stocking Farm and Beaumont Leys (£126k) and New River Baptist Church (£126k).

Income and spending

£0£77k£154k£231k£308k2021 Income: £217,6082021 Spending: £202,91920212022 Income: £221,8692022 Spending: £307,68020222023 Income: £201,4502023 Spending: £204,23820232024 Income: £142,3872024 Spending: £138,71320242025 Income: £125,8382025 Spending: £120,5552025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

St Thomas's Parochial Church Council has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical

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