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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's, Banbury

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1153218BanburyReligion
Income£262k2025-12-31
Spending£315ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctReligion
Registered2013Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's, Banbury is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in August 2013, 13 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 buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's, Banbury reported income of £262k and spending of £315k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £176k to £262k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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's, Banbury sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicolas Guildford (£262k), Congregation of St Mary of the Angels (£262k) and Change for Good Community Chaplaincy Limited (£262k).

Income and spending

£0£88k£176k£265k£353k2021 Income: £175,9132021 Spending: £160,77920212022 Income: £186,6302022 Spending: £160,77920222023 Income: £226,2092023 Spending: £182,07420232024 Income: £352,8142024 Spending: £296,07620242025 Income: £262,4622025 Spending: £315,4722025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The purpose of St Paul's Church is to honour God the Father by:living ourselves in the light of Jesus;caring for one another in the love of Jesus;reaching out to others with the life of Jesus,in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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