The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Widford

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Widford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 Widford reported income of £125k and spending of £116k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £103k to £125k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Widford sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Educational and General Charitable Trust (£124k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter and St Paul Great Missenden with Ballinger and Little Hampden (£125k) and Sundon Park Baptist Church (£124k).