The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Swanley St Paul and Hextable St Peter

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Swanley St Paul and Hextable St Peter is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swanley. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 Swanley St Paul and Hextable St Peter reported income of £226k and spending of £209k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £577k to £226k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Swanley St Paul and Hextable St Peter sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beacon Church Havant (£226k), Uprising Youth and Community CIO (£226k) and H P Charitable Trust (£226k).