The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke with St Bartholomew, Reading

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke with St Bartholomew, Reading is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 2014, 12 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 the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke with St Bartholomew, Reading reported income of £136k and spending of £107k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £100k to £136k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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 Luke with St Bartholomew, Reading sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of Pangbourne with Tidmarsh and Sulham (£136k), Hindu Welfare Association of Essex (£136k) and Festive (£136k).