The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wargrave with Knowl Hill

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wargrave with Knowl Hill is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Wargrave with Knowl Hill reported income of £203k and spending of £211k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £204k to £203k (-0.6%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Wargrave with Knowl Hill sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trinity Church, Sutton (£203k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Southport (£203k) and London Road Baptist Church (£203k).

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.