The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bridlington Christ Church with Bessingby and Ulrome

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bridlington Christ Church with Bessingby and Ulrome is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridlington. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bridlington Christ Church with Bessingby and Ulrome reported income of £513k and spending of £481k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £513k (+1789%), an average of +108% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1005%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 Bridlington Christ Church with Bessingby and Ulrome sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of the Catholic Apostolate Charitable Trust (£512k), Hungarian Reformed Church Foundation (£513k) and Kilburn Islamic Centre Ltd (£511k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, investments 8.0% and charitable activities 5.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £10k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.