The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge St Mary the Great with St Michael

Analysis

The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge St Mary the Great with St Michael is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 2009, 17 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 PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge St Mary the Great with St Michael reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.6m (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Cambridge St Mary the Great with St Michael sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Bryanston Square with St Mark St Marylebone (£1.5m), Roman Catholic Purposes in Connection with the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (£1.6m) and Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 75%, donations and legacies 20%, investments 3.5% and charitable activities 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 40% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £11k. Reserves of £245k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.