The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John, Hensingham

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John, Hensingham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John, Hensingham reported income of £215k and spending of £184k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £308k to £215k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John, Hensingham sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harlow & West Essex Law Centre (£215k), Earley Crescent Community Association (£215k) and Mesila UK Limited (£215k).