Working Funds in Connection with the Church of St John the Baptist

Analysis

Working Funds in Connection with the Church of St John the Baptist is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Missenden. It was registered in July 1974, 52 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, Working Funds in Connection with the Church of St John the Baptist reported income of £38k and spending of £44k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £40k to £38k (-5.9%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Working Funds in Connection with the Church of St John the Baptist sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whittington Community Hall (£38k), Celestial Church of Christ, Nottingham Parish 1 (£38k) and Christ Apostolic Church of God Mission Faith Arena Leeds Branch. (£38k).

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.