Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Crawley

Analysis

Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Crawley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crawley. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Crawley reported income of £862k and spending of £677k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £524k to £862k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Baptist Crawley sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Epsom Methodist Church (£861k), The General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (£863k) and York Methodist Circuit (£860k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, donations and legacies 41%, trading 1.2% and investments 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £7,612. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £162k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.