The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Copthorne

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Copthorne is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in January 2014, 12 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 John the Evangelist, Copthorne reported income of £167k and spending of £179k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £170k to £167k (-1.8%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Evangelist, Copthorne sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fijian Assembly of God (GB) (£167k), Newbury Baptist Church (£167k) and Tyndale Baptist Church, Bristol (£167k).