St John's Church Wimborne

Registered charity 1132016 · since 2009stjohnswimborne.org.uk·International, Wimborne Minster·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£190k

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

St John's Church Wimborne is most likely to fit work that serves the parish of Wimborne or supports Christian mission, including ministry in other parishes, its local food bank and Gospel partners.
No grant range or typical amount is stated, so a grant writer should ask the church what size of request it would consider before setting a figure.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown and ask how requests are handled.
The church says its Global Action partners all have a particular link with it, and many grew up in its fellowship, so giving appears to be relationship-led and a cold approach may be less likely to succeed.
No timing for its annual budget is stated, so ask about timing when you make contact.

Overview

St John's Church Wimborne is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1132016).

St John's Church Wimborne is a registered charity that exists to promote the whole mission of the Church within its ecclesiastical parish and to encourage people in the Wimborne area to share in the New Life and Full Life found in Jesus Christ. It supports ministry costs, including ministry in other parishes, and its local food bank, and it partners financially with Gospel partners in Wimborne and across the world. In its most recent year reported in the annual report, it awarded £189,914, and the PCC approves an annual budget that covers the bulk of its grants.

What they fund

Priority Areas

St John’s says it exists to promote the whole mission of the Church within the parish and to encourage people in the Wimborne area to share in the New Life and Full Life found in Jesus Christ. Its grants support ministry costs, including ministry in other parishes, and its local food bank. Its Global Action giving supports partners around the world in spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. The church describes these partners as having a particular link with it; many grew up in its fellowship. It supports them by prayer and funding. The PCC approves an annual budget covering the bulk of grants, while smaller grants are made through its governance processes. Its giving reaches parishes and Gospel partners in Wimborne and worldwide.

Themes

Christian mission

Geographic Focus

Priority: Wimborne; across the world.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Global Action partners all have a particular link with the church; many grew up in its fellowship.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International
Wimborne Minster

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to St John's Church Wimborne.

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£430,422	£457,770	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£546,569	£529,374	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£511,841	£528,198	£68,367	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£529,798	£601,112	£55,938	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£626,686	£585,268	£189,914	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2023

£68,367 grants

YE 2024

£55,938 grants

YE 2025

£190k awarded

Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.

Grants paid, 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 awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

— No grants figure for that 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.