The Community of St John Baptist General Purposes CIO

Analysis

The Community of St John Baptist General Purposes CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Community of St John Baptist General Purposes CIO reported income of £234k and spending of £1.6m, spending 679% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £587k to £234k (-60%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 488% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Community of St John Baptist General Purposes CIO sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include WMVS Children in Care Foundation (£233k), The Christopher Meredith Foundation (£234k) and Linking Lives UK (£233k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.