The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Lawrence, Biddulph

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Lawrence, Biddulph is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Lawrence, Biddulph reported income of £157k and spending of £164k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £121k to £157k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Lawrence, Biddulph sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darul Ihsaan Barking (£157k), R B K Schools Christian Worker Trust (£157k) and The Parochial Church Council of All Saints North Hillingdon (£157k).

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.