The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul Wantage

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul Wantage is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wantage. It was registered in January 2019, 7 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 Peter and St Paul Wantage reported income of £194k and spending of £232k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £160k to £194k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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 Peter and St Paul Wantage 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 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redhill Baptist Church Pre-School (£194k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Oswald Sowerby (£194k) and The Benjamin Winegarten Charitable Trust (£194k).

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.