Knowle Parish Church

Registered charity 1127404 · since 2009kpc.org.uk·United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£9,000

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

A small fraction of the prior year (£42,847 in year to 31 December 2024).

Key takeaways

Knowle Parish Church gives through two strands: support for Christian mission partners in the UK and overseas, chosen through discernment about existing and emerging partners, and the Local Support Fund for people in significant need in the Knowle community.
For mission support, no application process is published and the church describes choosing its partners itself, so a grant writer should contact the church first to ask whether an approach is welcome.
The Local Support Fund is open only to people who live, work, worship or are educated in the ecclesiastical parish of Knowle and who have a referral from a listed local agency, so anyone outside those terms should not apply, and its stated range is £100 to £300 per person.
With £9,000 paid according to the annual report, a small nonprofit should expect any award to be modest, and no deadlines or timing are published.

Overview

Knowle Parish Church is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1127404).

Knowle Parish Church is a registered charity in England and Wales whose stated purpose is promoting the whole mission of the Church in the ecclesiastical parish, helping people become lifelong followers of Jesus Christ. It supports Christian mission beyond Knowle through practical and financial help, and it currently works with three regional churches, two emerging partners and nine other partners. According to the annual report, it paid £9,000 in grants, and it also runs the Local Support Fund, which gives financial help to people in significant need in Knowle.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Knowle Parish Church supports Christian mission beyond Knowle, in the UK and overseas, through practical and financial support. It gives to historic partners at home and overseas, and uses a process of discernment about existing and emerging partners and why they are supported. Its giving also includes contributions to outside organisations for mission and ministry beyond Knowle. Separately, the Local Support Fund gives financial help to people in significant need in the Knowle community. Applicants to that fund must live, work, worship or be educated in the ecclesiastical parish and provide a referral from a listed local agency. The church also describes its wider work as serving the Knowle community through worship, discipleship and practical activities.

Themes

Christian mission
Financial need

Geographic Focus

Knowle. Priority: UK.

What they don't fund

Applicants must live or work or worship or be educated in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Knowle
Applicants must have a referral letter or email indicating significant financial hardship as a result of the current crisis from one of the listed referral agencies
Local Support Fund only: Applicants must live or work or worship or be educated in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Knowle; Applicants must have a referral letter or email indicating significant financial hardship as a result of the current crisis from one of the listed referral agencies

How to apply

For an individual gift through the Local Support Fund, complete the online form and arrange for one of the listed referral agencies to complete a referral form; the church must receive the completed referral before processing the application.

Who can apply:

Local Support Fund: The applicant must live or work or worship or be educated in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Knowle and have a referral letter or email indicating significant financial hardship as a result of the current crisis from one of the listed referral agencies.

What to send:

Local Support Fund: An online application form and a referral form completed by one of the listed referral agencies.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It uses discernment to decide which existing and emerging partners it supports and why.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Knowle Parish Church.

St George's Church, PoyntonNo public process St. Peters ParishNo public process Chanctonbury ChurchRollingGave £38,551 St Giles NorthamptonNo public process Christ Church CheltenhamNo public processGave £6,000 St Nicholas ChurchRollingGave £58,100 St Mary's Church, Bury St EdmundsNo public processGave £45,337 Tunbridge Wells Baptist ChurchNo public processGave £21,762 Swanage & Studland Team MinistryNo public process St John's HarborneInvitation onlyGave £28,530

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£666,527	£694,056	£32,501	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£774,150	£746,575	£37,814	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£904,832	£874,580	£39,119	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£885,117	£909,743	£42,847	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£2,410,648	£991,716	£9,000	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£32,501 grants

YE 2022

£37,814 grants

YE 2023

£39,119 grants

YE 2024

£42,847 grants

YE 2025

£9,000 paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.