The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Michael and All Angels Westcliff

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Michael and All Angels Westcliff is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in February 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 Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of St Michael and All Angels Westcliff reported income of £301k and spending of £384k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £556k to £301k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Ecclesiatical Parish of St Michael and All Angels Westcliff sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Methodist Church Gwent Hills and Vales Circuit (2/13) (£301k), The Liberal Synagogue Elstree (£301k) and St Lukes PCC Hampstead (£301k).

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.