Charity for Ecclesiastical Purposes

Analysis

Charity for Ecclesiastical Purposes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rutland. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charity for Ecclesiastical Purposes reported income of £15k and spending of £19k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £454 to £15k (+3291%), an average of +141% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 4922%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Charity for Ecclesiastical Purposes sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Philip's (£15k), Village Hall - Broad Chalke (£15k) and Coalville Evangelical Church (£15k).