The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul Skelmersdale

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul Skelmersdale is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. 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 Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul Skelmersdale reported income of £118k and spending of £137k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £114k to £118k (+3.4%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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 Paul Skelmersdale sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guildford Town Centre Chaplaincy (£118k), King's Church Wirral (£118k) and North Buckingham Parish Parochial Church Council (£118k).

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.