Catholic Apostolic Church (Paddington) General Purposes Fund

Analysis

Catholic Apostolic Church (Paddington) General Purposes Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Launceston. It was registered in December 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Catholic Apostolic Church (Paddington) General Purposes Fund reported income of £122k and spending of £147k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £338k to £122k (-64%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Catholic Apostolic Church (Paddington) General Purposes Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridgeway Mission (£121k), Wat Sri Intra Atula (£122k) and Leyland Road Methodist Church (£121k).