The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George and St Barnabas Beckenham

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George and St Barnabas Beckenham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beckenham. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George and St Barnabas Beckenham reported income of £506k and spending of £450k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £354k to £506k (+43%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 George and St Barnabas Beckenham sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Methodist Church - Bolton Circuit (£505k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Philip and St James, Ilfracombe (£506k) and Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri Limited (£505k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 41%, trading 28%, charitable activities 23% and investments 4.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £34k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £927. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 80 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.