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John Metcalfe Publishing Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 263381High WycombeReligion
Income£105k2026-06-30
Spending£17ksame year
Spent / received16%5-year average
Size in its cause63rd pctReligion
Registered1973Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

John Metcalfe Publishing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Wycombe. It was registered in August 1973, 53 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 June 2026, John Metcalfe Publishing Trust reported income of £105k and spending of £17k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income fell from £118k to £105k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 527%. Over the whole period it spent 16% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, John Metcalfe Publishing Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holmgate Evangelical Church (£105k), Pridegulf Limited (£106k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Broad Green Croydon (£105k).

Income and spending

£0£185k£370k£555k£739k2022 Income: £117,9582022 Spending: £57,84020222023 Income: £739,4502023 Spending: £97,60920232024 Income: £182,8192024 Spending: £12,68620242025 Income: £129,4022025 Spending: £21,16220252026 Income: £105,4952026 Spending: £16,7792026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Publishes the Evangel of the Lord Jesus Christ for the benefit of all the world by the widespread distribution,both in the UK & abroad,of subsidised books,substantial tracts & a quarterly magazine; by preaching,teaching & lectures open to all who wish to attend & for which no collections are taken & no charge is made; by the free distribution of recorded tapes of past lectures,teaching & addresses

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Holmgate Evangelical ChurchChesterfield£105k
Pridegulf LimitedLondon£106k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Broad Green CroydonCroydon£105k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter, St HelierMorden£106k