The Parochial Church Council of Godalming Minster

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of Godalming Minster is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Godalming. 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of Godalming Minster reported income of £843k and spending of £910k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £487k to £843k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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 Godalming Minster sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute of Christ the King (£842k), Marian Fathers Charitable Trust (£843k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James with St Matthew, Muswell Hill (£841k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72%, charitable activities 18%, investments 7.0% and trading 2.3%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3,800. Reserves of £643k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

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.