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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip, Tunbridge Wells

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1163165Tunbridge WellsReligion
Income£146k2025-12-31
Spending£126ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause71st pctReligion
Registered2015Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip, Tunbridge Wells is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip, Tunbridge Wells reported income of £146k and spending of £126k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £84k to £146k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Philip, Tunbridge Wells sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul Goodmayes (£146k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew, Caversham (£146k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chesterton St George (£146k).

Income and spending

£0£38k£76k£115k£153k2021 Income: £83,6112021 Spending: £95,02720212022 Income: £118,9622022 Spending: £84,99820222023 Income: £116,2882023 Spending: £152,76320232024 Income: £110,8432024 Spending: £121,45420242025 Income: £145,7952025 Spending: £126,0042025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

It is a Church at Birken Road, Tunbridge WellsWe also operate a food bank called 'St Philips Church Community Larder at the same location.

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